Definitions for Graff
graff

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. graffnoun

   graffiti

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Graffnoun

   A ditch; a moat.

   Though the fortifications were not regular, yet the walls were good, and the graff broad and deep. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

2. Graff, Graftnoun

   A small branch inserted into the stock of another tree, and nourished by its sap, but bearing its own fruit; a young cyon.

   Etymology: greffe, French.

   God gave unto man all kind of seeds and graffs of life; as the vegetative life of plants, the sensual of beasts, the rational of man, and the intellectual of angels. Walter Raleigh.

   It is likely, that as in fruit-trees the graft maketh a greater fruit, so in trees that bear no fruit it will make the greater leaves. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 475.

   ’Tis usual now an inmate graff to see
   With insolence invade a foreign tree. John Dryden, Virg. Georg.

   If you cover the top with clay and horse-dung, in the same manner as you do a graft, it will help to heel the sooner. John Mortimer.

   Now the cleft rind inserted graffs receives,
   And yields an offspring more than nature gives. Alexander Pope.

3. To GRAFF, To GRAFTverb

   Etymology: greffer, French.

   1. To insert a cyon or branch of one tree into the stock of another.

   His growth is but a wild and fruitless plant;
   I’ll cut his barren branches to the stock,
   And graft you on to bear. John Dryden, Don Sebastian.

   With his pruning hook disjoin
   Unbearing branches from their head,
   And graft more happy in their stead. Dryden.

   2. To propagate by insertion or inoculation.

   In March is good graffing the skilful do know,
   So long as the wind in the East do not blow:
   From moon being changed, ’till past be the prime,
   For graffing and cropping is very good time. Thomas Tusser, Husb.

   To have fruit in greater plenty the way is to graft, not only upon young stocks, but upon divers boughs of an old tree; for they will bear great numbers of fruit: whereas, if you graft but upon one stock, the tree can bear but few. Francis Bacon.

   Now let me graff my pears, and prune the vine. Dryden.

   3. To insert into a place or body to which it did not originally belong.

   And they also, if they bide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in; for God is able to graff them in again. Rom. xi. 23.

   These are th’ Italian names which fate will join
   With ours, and graff upon the Trojan line. John Dryden, Æn.

   4. To fill with an adscititious branch.

   We’ve some old crab-trees here at home, that will not
   Be grafted to your relish. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   The noble isle doth want her proper limbs;
   Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants. William Shakespeare, R. III.

   5. To join one thing so as to receive support from another.

   This resolution against any peace with Spain is a new incident grafted upon the original quarrel, by the intrigues of a faction among us. Jonathan Swift.

   May one kind grave unite each hapless name,
   And graft my love immortal on thy fame. Alexander Pope.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Graffnoun

   a steward; an overseer

2. Graff

   see Graft

3. Etymology: [OE. grafe, greife, greive. Cf. Margrave.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Graff

   Graff is a small lunar crater that lies along the southwestern limb of the Moon. It is located to the west of the Vallis Bouvard depression in the southern part of the ejecta blanket that surrounds the Mare Orientale impact basin. To the south-southwest is the smaller crater Catalán. The outer rim of this crater is roughly circular, with a slight outward protrusion along the southern side. The rim and inner walls are not significantly eroded, and slope downward to a ring of accumulated debris surrounding the interior floor. The bottom is somewhat irregular, with a tiny crater near the midpoint and another to the northeast. Because of its location, this crater is viewed obliquely by observers on the Earth, and its visibility can be affected by libration.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Graff

   graf, n. (Scot.) a grave. A variant of grave.

2. Graff

   n. and v. (B.). Same as Graft.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GRAFF

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Graff is ranked #2762 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Graff surname appeared 13,058 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Graff.
   
   94.8% or 12,391 total occurrences were White.
   2.3% or 303 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.2% or 168 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 114 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.3% or 43 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.3% or 39 total occurrences were Black.

How to pronounce Graff?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Graff in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Graff in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Graff in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Graff
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Graff
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Graff
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Graff
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Graff
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html