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Verb naturalize has 5 senses
- naturalize, naturalise - make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last year"
--1 is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: denaturalize, denaturalise
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- naturalize - explain with reference to nature
--2 is one way to explain, explicate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- naturalize, naturalise - adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"
--3 is one way to adapt, accommodate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- naturalize, naturalise - make more natural or lifelike
--4 is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: denaturalize, denaturalise
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame - adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
--5 is one way to adapt, accommodate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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