the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location; "the transplant did not flower until the second year"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"; "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation"
an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"; "the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"; "a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago"
place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants"
be transplantable; "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"
the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification
the act of making coffee in a percolator
the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium; "the percolation of rainwater through the soil"; "the infiltration of seawater through the lava"
an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"
something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug; "she needed a fix of chocolate"
informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!"
a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
direct carefully and safely; "He navigated his way to the altar"
act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance; "Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?"
doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like; "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism"
a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age"
an idea evoked by some experience; "his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do"
extreme conservatism in political or social matters; "the forces of reaction carried the election"
a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude; "he was pleased by the audience's reaction to his performance"; "John feared his mother's reaction when she saw the broken lamp"
(mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body; "every action has an equal and opposite reaction"