n.
1.the quality of being brought into conformity with nature
2.the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship
3.the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous
4.changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology
Idiom of the Day
jump the track
to jump off the rails (usually used for a train), to change suddenly from one thing to another
The train jumped the track near the edge of the town. The whole project jumped the track and we had to stop it.