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Natural

adjective

1.

In accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature. "Our natural environment" , "Natural science" , "Natural resources" , "Natural cliffs" , "Natural phenomena"

2.

Existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation. "Natural gas" , "Natural silk" , "Natural blonde hair" , "A natural sweetener" , "Natural fertilizers"

3.

Existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical.

4.

Functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies. "Natural immunity" , "A grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild"

5.

(of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone. "B natural"

6.

Unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct. Synonym: instinctive. "Offering to help was as instinctive as breathing"

7.

(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes. Synonyms: raw, rude. "Natural produce" , "Raw wool" , "Raw sugar" , "Bales of rude cotton"

8.

Related by blood; not adopted.

9.

Being talented through inherited qualities. Synonyms: born, innate. "A born musician" , "An innate talent"

10.

Free from artificiality. Synonym: lifelike. "A natural reaction"

noun

1.

Someone regarded as certain to succeed.

2.

A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat. Synonym: cancel.

3.

(craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake.

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"Natural" Quotes from Famous Books

... a fair and honest districting of the state? They could not amend it, remember, they had to take it as it was or vote it down. In point of fact, they voted it down; but who will say that in doing this they expressed an enlightened judgment or merely followed the natural conservative instinct to vote "no" on a proposition they did not understand? And here is a law to provide for the organization, maintenance, equipment, and regulation of the National Guard of the state. This bill ...

— Elements of Debating • Leverett S. Lyon

... desperate, in consequence of being involved in the calamity occasioned by the fatal imitation of his pernicious projects. He observed, that this person was the more dangerous, as he had renounced his natural affection to his country, his allegiance to his lawful sovereign, and his religion, by turning Roman catholic. Lord Carteret replied, that Mr. Law had, many years ago, the misfortune to kill a gentleman in a duel; but, ...

— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. - From William and Mary to George II. • Tobias Smollett

... demand? But if Macleod had known all that was implied in the question, it is probable that a friendship that had existed from boyhood would then and there have been severed. He took it that Ogilvie was merely referring to the thousand and one obstacles that lay between him and that obvious and natural goal. ...

— Macleod of Dare • William Black

... friend," said the baron; "it was perfectly natural that he should come to me for consolation ...

— The Honor of the Name • Emile Gaboriau

... I found the most beautiful women I had yet seen; and even during my further journey I met with few who equalled, and none who surpassed them. These fairy forms are, however, only to be sought among the Greeks. The natural charms of these Graces are heightened by the rich costume they wear. They have a peculiarly tasteful manner of fastening their little round fez-caps, beneath which their rich hair falls in heavy plaits upon their shoulders, ...

— A Visit to the Holy Land • Ida Pfeiffer

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