TRANSPLANTING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location

Example:

she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation

Synonyms:

transplant; transplantation; transplanting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("transplanting" is a kind of...):

movement (the act of changing the location of something)

Derivation:

transplant (lift and reset in another soil or situation)

-ing form of the verb transplant