ALL meanings of colonize
col·o·nize
C c - verb colonize If people colonize a foreign country, they go to live there and take control of it. 3
- verb colonize When large numbers of animals colonize a place, they go to live there and make it their home. 3
- verb colonize When an area is colonized by a type of plant, the plant grows there in large amounts. 3
- verb colonize to send colonists to or establish a colony in (an area) 3
- verb colonize to settle in (an area) as colonists 3
- verb colonize to transform (a community) into a colony 3
- verb colonize (of plants and animals) to become established in (a new environment) 3
- verb transitive colonize to found or establish a colony or colonies in 3
- verb transitive colonize to settle (persons) in a colony 3
- verb transitive colonize to place (voters) illegally in (a district) so as to influence an election 3
- intransitive verb colonize to found or establish a colony or colonies 3
- intransitive verb colonize to settle in a colony 3
- verb with object colonize to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia. 1
- verb with object colonize to form a colony of: to colonize laborers in a mining region. 1
- verb without object colonize to form a colony: They went out to Australia to colonize. 1
- verb without object colonize to settle in a colony. 1
- transitive verb colonize migrants: settle in 1
- transitive verb colonize animals: form a colony in 1
- intransitive verb colonize form a colony 1
- noun colonize (of a country or its citizens) send a group of settlers to (a place) and establish political control over it. 1
- verb colonize (American) Alternative spelling of colonise. 0