NATURALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does naturalise mean? 

• NATURALISE (verb)
  The verb NATURALISE has 4 senses:

1. adopt to another place

2. make more natural or lifelike

3. make into a citizen

4. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

  Familiarity information: NATURALISE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NATURALISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they naturalise    ... he / she / it naturalises   
Past simple: naturalised   
Past participle: naturalised   
-ing form: naturalising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Adopt to another place

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

naturalise; naturalize

Context example:

The stories had become naturalized into an American setting

Hypernyms (to "naturalise" is one way to...):

accommodate; adapt (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

naturalisation (changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make more natural or lifelike

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

naturalise; naturalize

Hypernyms (to "naturalise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

naturalisation (the quality of being brought into conformity with nature)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make into a citizen

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

naturalise; naturalize

Context example:

The French family was naturalized last year

Hypernyms (to "naturalise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

"Naturalise" entails doing...:

immigrate (come into a new country and change residency)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

naturalisation (the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

cultivate; domesticate; naturalise; naturalize; tame

Context example:

tame the soil

Hypernyms (to "naturalise" is one way to...):

accommodate; adapt (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose)

Domain category:

flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

naturalisation (the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous)

naturalisation (the quality of being brought into conformity with nature)