naturalize | ||
1. | [ verb ] make into a citizen | |
Synonyms: | naturalise | |
Examples: | "The French family was naturalized last year" |
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Related terms: | denaturalize change immigrate | |
2. | [ verb ] adopt to another place | |
Synonyms: | naturalise | |
Examples: | "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting" |
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Related terms: | adapt naturalisation | |
3. | [ verb ] make more natural or lifelike | |
Synonyms: | naturalise | |
Related terms: | denaturalize change naturalization | |
4. | [ verb ] explain with reference to nature | |
Related terms: | explain | |
5. | [ verb ] adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | |
Synonyms: | cultivate naturalise tame domesticate | |
Examples: | "domesticate oats" "tame the soil" |
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Related terms: | adapt plant naturalization naturalisation | |
Similar spelling: |
naturalized natural naturalise naturalised naturalist naturalism naturalness naturally naturalistic natural_state natural_shape natural_resin natural_order natural_fibre natural_fiber natural_event natural_law natural_gas natural_glass |