natural

• (a) in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
  • a very natural development
  • our natural environment
  • natural science
  • natural resources
  • natural cliffs
  • natural phenomena
• (a) existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation
  • a natural pearl
  • natural gas
  • natural silk
  • natural blonde hair
  • a natural sweetener
  • natural fertilizers
• (a) existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical
  • a perfectly natural explanation
• (s) functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies
  • it's the natural thing to happen
  • natural immunity
  • a grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild
• (a) (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone
  • a natural scale
  • B natural
• (s) unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
  • a cat's natural aversion to water
  • offering to help was as instinctive as breathing
  instinctive,
• (s) (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
  • natural yogurt
  • natural produce
  • raw wool
  • raw sugar
  • bales of rude cotton
  raw, rude,
• (s) related by blood; not adopted
• (s) being talented through inherited qualities
  • a natural leader
  • a born musician
  • an innate talent
  born, innate,
• (s) free from artificiality
  • a lifelike pose
  • a natural reaction
  lifelike,

Nouns

• (n) someone regarded as certain to succeed
  • he's a natural for the job
• (n) a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat cancel,
• (n) (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake

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