transplanting

Definitions

The act of moving a plant from one location to another.

The surgical transfer of an organ or tissue from one body to another.

The process of relocating a person or group to a different place or environment.

Examples

The gardener spent the entire afternoon transplanting the delicate seedlings into larger pots.

Transplanting the patient's healthy tissue was the only viable option to treat the severe injury.

Synonyms

relocating replanting transferring repotting shifting moving displacing

Antonyms

keeping maintaining retaining staying settling anchoring remaining