What is "colonizes"

Usage examples of "colonizes".

They might even be domesticable, if anyone ever colonizes this planet some day‑‑save the trouble of im­porting food animals and beasts of burden from Earth.

Ecological parameters can change overnight if an individual colonizes a new type of habitat, but the colonizing individual carries with it a baggage of inherited biological attributes that can change only slowly, through natural selection.

They might even be domesticable, if anyone ever colonizes this planet some day‑‑save the trouble of importing food animals and beasts of burden from Earth.

The seedship lands, grows the ova to adulthood, and thus colonizes a new star system without having to transport a complex life-support system.