D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Approaching

· Ap·proach·ing · IPA /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃɪŋ/
01 n. The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and g…
  1. 1.
    The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach.(Hort.)