natural
adj 1: in accordance with or determined by nature or natural laws;
"a natural death"; "natural phenomena"; "a natural
gift for sport" [ant: {unnatural}]
2: existing in or produced by nature; "a natural pearl";
"natural deposits of potassium salts"; "natural
resources"; "natural fibers"; natural blonde hair"; "the
natural color of raw silk" [ant: {artificial}]
3: existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable
world; "natural laws"; "natural phenomena"; "our natural
environment"; "natural cliffs" [ant: {supernatural}]
4: (biology) functioning or occurring in a natural way; lacking
abnormalities or deficiencies; "a natural fear of nuclear
war"; "natural immunity"; "a grandparent's natural
affection for a grandchild"
5: relating to or concerning nature; "natural science"; "our
natural environment"
6: not by design or artifice; unforced and impromptu; "an air
of unstudied spontaneous utterance is apt to be
painstakingly achieved"; "simple unstudied charm" [syn: {unstudied},
{uncontrived}] [ant: {studied}]
7: (music) of a key containing no sharps or flats; "B natural"
[ant: {sharp}, {flat}]
8: free of artificiality; sincere and genuine; "an unaffected
grace" [syn: {unaffected}] [ant: {affected}]
9: (used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed
condition; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar";
"bales of rude cotton" [syn: {raw(a)}, {rude(a)}]
10: produced without being planted or without human labor; "wild
strawberries" [syn: {wild}, {spontaneous}]
11: involving or derived from living organisms; free from
chemical treatments or additives; "organic gardening is
more natural"; "nonsynthetic fertilizer" [syn: {nonsynthetic}]
12: born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed
away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"-
E.A.Freeman [syn: {bastard}, {bastardly}, {misbegot}, {misbegotten},
{natural(a)}, {spurious}]
13: related by blood; not adopted; "natural parent"; "biological
child"
14: natural looking; "a natural pose" [syn: {lifelike}]
n 1: someone regarded as certain to succeed; "he's a natural for
the job"
2: a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat [syn: {cancel}]
3: (in craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the
stake