Synset

make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 5

sample sentences

"Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

adaptative adaptable adaptor adapter

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

accommodation accommodation

semantic pointers

hypernym

vary, change, alter

hyponym

adjust gear, pitch fit anglicise, anglicize shoehorn tailor, orient domesticate, tame domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame Christianize naturalize, naturalise electrify, wire transcribe