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NATURAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("natural" is a kind of...):
cast; roll (the act of throwing dice)
Domain category:
craps (a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("natural" is a kind of...):
musical notation ((music) notation used by musicians)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Someone regarded as certain to succeed
Example:
he's a natural for the job
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("natural" is a kind of...):
achiever; succeeder; success; winner (a person with a record of successes)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Free from artificiality
Example:
a natural reaction
Synonyms:
lifelike; natural
Classified under:
Similar:
unaffected (free of artificiality; sincere and genuine)
Derivation:
naturalness (the quality of being natural or based on natural principles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Being talented through inherited qualities
Example:
an innate talent
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
intelligent (having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(of a parent or child) related by blood; genetically related
Example:
natural parent
Synonyms:
biological; natural
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
begotten ((of offspring) generated by procreation)
Sense 4
Meaning:
In accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
Example:
natural phenomena
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
earthy (not far removed from or suggestive of nature)
Also:
natural (existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical)
natural (existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation)
Attribute:
naturalness (the quality of being natural or based on natural principles)
Antonym:
unnatural (not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation
Example:
natural fertilizers
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unbleached; uncolored; undyed (not artificially colored or bleached)
Also:
natural (in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature)
Antonym:
artificial (contrived by art rather than nature)
Derivation:
naturalness (the likeness of a representation to the thing represented)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical
Example:
a perfectly natural explanation
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
physical (according with material things or natural laws (other than those peculiar to living matter))
Antonym:
supernatural (not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material)
Derivation:
naturalness (the quality of being natural or based on natural principles)
Sense 7
Meaning:
(of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone
Example:
B natural
Classified under:
Adjectives
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Antonym:
flat ((of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone)
sharp ((of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies
Example:
a grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
normal (conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Sense 9
Meaning:
(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
Example:
bales of rude cotton
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unprocessed (not altered from an original or natural state)
Sense 10
Meaning:
Unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
Example:
offering to help was as instinctive as breathing
Synonyms:
instinctive; natural
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
self-generated; spontaneous (happening or arising without apparent external cause)
Context examples:
Of or related to the original state or source; natural.
(Native, NCI Thesaurus)
Her Bath habits made evening-parties perfectly natural to her, and Maple Grove had given her a taste for dinners.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Those of his successors in each branch of natural philosophy with whom I was acquainted appeared even to my boy’s apprehensions as tyros engaged in the same pursuit.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
What could be more natural than his asking you again?
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
The natural covering of the body; the skin.
(Murine Skin, NCI Thesaurus/DEA-DEAIS)
She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
The lineage of the natural killer (NK) cell is currently not well understood.
(Activated Natural Killer Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
The results support efforts to design new antibacterial drugs using natural clays.
(Clay fights MRSA, other 'superbugs' in wounds, National Science Foundation)
My mother and old Mr. Laurence are friends, you know, so it is quite natural that we children should play together, and Meg hoped they would say no more.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
"You shall," repeated Mary, in the tone of undemonstrative sincerity which seemed natural to her.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
