alien
adjectiveDefinition of alien
(Entry 1 of 3)
1a
: belonging or relating to another person, place, or thing : strange
an alien environment
b
: relating, belonging, or owing allegiance to another country or government : foreign
alien residents
c
: exotic sense 1
alien plants
d
: coming from another world : extraterrestrial
alien beings an alien spaceship When it comes to knowing what alien life forms might be like, we don't have any idea.— Kate Shuster
2
: differing in nature or character typically to the point of incompatibility
ideas alien to democracy
alien
nounDefinition of alien (Entry 2 of 3)
1
: a person of another family, race, or nation
aliens seeking asylum in the U.S.
2
: a foreign-born resident who has not been naturalized and is still a subject or citizen of a foreign country
broadly
: a foreign-born citizen
3
: extraterrestrial
a movie about an invasion of Earth by monstrous aliens
4
: exotic sense 1
Russian thistle, kudzu, and other aliens
alien
verb
aliened;
aliening;
aliens
Definition of alien (Entry 3 of 3)
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