natural
IPA: nˈætʃɝʌɫ
noun
- (now rare) A native inhabitant of a place, country etc.
- (music) A note that is not or is no longer to be modified by an accidental.
- (music) The symbol ♮ used to indicate such a natural note.
- One with an innate talent at or for something.
- An almost white colour, with tints of grey, yellow or brown; originally that of natural fabric.
- (archaic) One with a simple mind; a fool or idiot.
- (colloquial, chiefly UK) One's life.
- (US, colloquial) A hairstyle for people with Afro-textured hair in which the hair is not straightened or otherwise treated.
- (slang, chiefly in plural) A breast which has not been modified.
- (bodybuilding) Someone who has not used anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.
- (craps) A roll of two dice with a score of 7 or 11 on the comeout roll.
adjective
- Existing in nature.
- Existing in the nature of a person or thing; innate, not acquired or learned.
- Normally associated with a particular person or thing; inherently related to the nature of a thing or creature.
- As expected; reasonable, normal; naturally arising from the given circumstances.
- Formed by nature; not manufactured or created by artificial processes.
- Pertaining to death brought about by disease or old age, rather than by violence, accident etc.
- Having an innate ability to fill a given role or profession, or display a specified character.
- (mathematics)
- Designating a standard trigonometric function of an angle, as opposed to the logarithmic function.
- (algebra) Closed under submodules, direct sums, and injective hulls.
- (music) Neither sharp nor flat. Denoted ♮.
- Containing no artificial or man-made additives; especially (of food) containing no colourings, flavourings or preservatives.
- Pertaining to a decoration that preserves or enhances the appearance of the original material; not stained or artificially coloured.
- Pertaining to a fabric still in its undyed state, or to the colour of undyed fabric.
- (dice games) Pertaining to a dice roll before bonuses or penalties have been applied to the result.
- (bodybuilding) Not having used anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.
- (bridge) Bidding in an intuitive way that reflects one's actual hand.
- Pertaining to birth or descent; native.
- Having a given status (especially of authority) by virtue of birth.
- Related genetically but not legally to one's father; born out of wedlock, illegitimate.
- Related by birth; genetically related.
adverb
- (colloquial, dialect) Naturally; in a natural manner.
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Examples of "natural" in Sentences
- The natural beauty of the Berry Islands is extraordinary.
- Most setters are born with a natural proclivity to hunting.
- They were marveled with the lush natural beauty of the state.
- Wells is naturally beautiful and has the candy floss as well.
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