ALL meanings of naturalize
nat·u·ral·ize
N n - verb with object naturalize to confer upon (an alien) the rights and privileges of a citizen. 1
- verb with object naturalize to introduce (organisms) into a region and cause them to flourish as if native. 1
- verb with object naturalize to introduce or adopt (foreign practices, words, etc.) into a country or into general use: to naturalize a French phrase. 1
- verb with object naturalize to bring into conformity with nature. 1
- verb with object naturalize to regard or explain as natural rather than supernatural: to naturalize miracles. 1
- verb with object naturalize to adapt or accustom to a place or to new surroundings. 1
- verb without object naturalize to become naturalized. 1
- verb without object naturalize to adapt as if native to a new environment, set of circumstances, etc. 1
- verb without object naturalize to study or carry on research in natural history. 1
- noun naturalize Admit (a foreigner) to the citizenship of a country. 1
- transitive verb naturalize award citizenship to sb 1
- transitive verb naturalize put sth in new habitat 1
- verb naturalize To naturalize a species of plant means to start it growing in an area where it is not usually found. If a plant naturalizes in an area where it was not found before, it starts to grow there naturally. 0
- verb naturalize If the government of a country naturalizes someone, they allow a person who was not born in that country to become a citizen of it. 0
- verb naturalize to give citizenship to (a person of foreign birth) 0
- verb naturalize to be or cause to be adopted in another place, as a word, custom, etc 0
- verb naturalize to introduce (a plant or animal from another region) and cause it to adapt to local conditions 0
- verb naturalize (of a plant or animal) to adapt successfully to a foreign environment and spread there 0
- verb naturalize to explain (something unusual) with reference to nature, excluding the supernatural 0
- verb naturalize to make natural or more lifelike 0
- verb transitive naturalize to confer the rights of citizenship upon (an alien) 0
- verb transitive naturalize to adopt and make common (a custom, word, etc.) from another country or place 0
- verb transitive naturalize to adapt (a plant or animal) to a new environment; acclimate 0
- verb transitive naturalize to explain (occurrences) by natural law, rejecting supernatural influence 0
- verb transitive naturalize to make natural or less artificial; free from conventionality 0
- intransitive verb naturalize to become naturalized, or as if native 0
- intransitive verb naturalize to study nature 0