All 7 Uses

adapt
in
The Omnivore's Dilemma
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The ones that can adapt use our farms and cities to spread and multiply.†
Chpt 1.1

adapt = change to fit a different situation; or make suitable
Corn spread because it could adapt to the needs of human beings.†
Chpt 1.1 *
Corn became king of the farm and the supermarket because it adapted itself easily to the needs of farmers and food makers.†
Chpt 1.1
The plant quickly adapted to the new humans and their needs.†
Chpt 1.1
Source: Adapted from Twinkie, Deconstructed, by Steve Ettlinger and www.hostesscakes.com Breakfast cereal is a great example of why companies love to make processed foods.†
Chpt 1.6
Adapted from Encyclopaedia Britannica Yet there is one winner in all of this — corn itself.†
Chpt 1.9
Of all the species that have adapted to thrive in a world dominated by humans, surely no other has done better than Zea mays.†
Chpt 1.9

Definitions:

(1) (adapt as in: adapted to the new rules)
changed to fit a different situation; or made suitable
(2) (adapted as in: the species is well adapted for)
to be especially well suited or appropriate for something
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)