1. The act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location
   "too frequent transplanting is not good for families";
   - transplant, transplantation

1. Place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
   "The surgeons successfully transplanted the kidney into the patient";
   - graft
    
2. Lift and reset in another soil or situation
   "Transplant the young rice plants";
   - transfer
    
3. Change the setting from one place or period to another
   "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America";
   - transfer, transpose
    
4. Be transplantable
   "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"

Derived forms: transplantings

Type of: be, displace, enter, exist, infix, insert, introduce, movement, shift

Encyclopedia: Transplanting