Definition of naturel
1. natural [ a ] in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
Examples:
"a very natural development"
"our natural environment"
"natural science"
"natural resources"
"natural cliffs"
"natural phenomena"
(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)
They come in crisp basket_weaves in natural honey hues , along with lacy open weaves with a lustre finish in natural , white , black and a whole range of colors .
He won't submit to his natural desires all_the_time , and it 's Mother 's love that is responsible_for his good behavior .
("Editorials"...)
When one powerful nation strives to emulate the success of another , it is only natural .
(Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)
On_the_other_hand , Christian faith knows that death is more than the natural termination of temporal existence .
If this aspect of death as punishment is not distinguished from the idea of death as natural termination , the conclusion seems inevitable that temporal existence itself is a form of punishment rather than the state into which man is put by the will of the Creator .
Synonyms natural Related Terms unnatural connatural elemental born intuitive instinctive earthy naturalness2. natural [ a ] existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation
Examples:
"a natural pearl"
"natural gas"
"natural silk"
"natural blonde hair"
"a natural sweetener"
"natural fertilizers"
(Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)
And like this English master , Mason realizes his subjects in large , simplified masses which , though they seem effortless , are in_reality the result of skilled design born of hard work and a thorough distillation of the natural form that inspired them .
(The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)
Moreover , man may_not supplant or frustrate the physical arrangements established by God , who through the law of rhythm has provided a natural method for the control of conception .
(William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)
What of the efficiency of this natural instrument of free discussion ?
(Arlin Turner, "William Faulkner, Southern Novelist"...)
William_Gilmore_Simms , sturdy realist that he was , pleaded for a natural robustness such_as he found in his favorites the great Elizabethans , to vivify the pale writings being produced around him .
(The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)
A family dwelling without a basement provides some natural shielding from fallout radiation .
Synonyms natural Related Terms artificial unbleached fresh3. natural [ a ] existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical
Examples:
"a perfectly natural explanation"
(Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)
This arrangement had the purpose to prevent heated gas to reach the thermocouple by natural convection .
(Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)
He is confronted with the recurrent crises , such_as great natural catastrophes and the great transitions of life - marriage , incurable disease , widowhood , old_age , the certainty of death .
(J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)
We find it in the later Stoic conception of man 's natural condition which included the community of all possessions .
Synonyms natural Related Terms supernatural physical4. natural [ a ] (biology) functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies
Examples:
"it's the natural thing to happen"
"natural immunity"
"a grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild"
(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)
A number of unique medical problems might be created when man is exposed to an infectious agent through the respiratory route rather_than by the natural portal of entry .
Synonyms natural Related Terms biology normal5. natural [ a ] not by design or artifice; unforced and impromptu
Examples:
"an air of unstudied spontaneous utterance is apt to be painstakingly achieved"
"simple unstudied charm"
(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)
There was no time to pick_out a penny ; I got a coin between my thumb and forefinger , leaned my elbows in a very natural and casual manner on top of the truck cab and flipped my little missile .
Synonyms natural uncontrived unstudied Related Terms studied candid unaffected6. natural [ a ] relating to or concerning nature
Examples:
"natural science"
"our natural environment"
(Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)
In agriculture , for_example , despite the advances in biology , elaborate rituals tend to persist along with a continued sense of the imminence of some natural disaster .
Synonyms natural Related Terms universe7. natural [ a ] (used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition
Examples:
"natural yogurt"
"natural produce"
"raw wool"
"raw sugar"
"bales of rude cotton"
8. natural [ a ] being talented through inherited qualities
Examples:
"a natural leader"
"a born musician"
"an innate talent"
9. natural [ a ] free of artificiality; sincere and genuine
Examples:
"an unaffected grace"
10. natural [ a ] (music) of a key containing no sharps or flats
Examples:
"B natural"
11. natural [ a ] unaffected and natural looking
Examples:
"a lifelike pose"
"a natural reaction"
12. natural [ n ] a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
Synonyms cancel natural Related Terms musical_notation cancel13. natural [ a ] involving or derived from living organisms; free from chemical treatments or additives
Examples:
"organic gardening is more natural"
"nonsynthetic fertilizer"
14. natural [ a ] related by blood; not adopted
Examples:
"natural parent"
15. natural [ a ] produced without being planted or without human labor
Examples:
"wild strawberries"
16. natural [ a ] born out of wedlock
Examples:
"the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman
17. natural [ n ] someone regarded as certain to succeed
Examples:
"he's a natural for the job"
18. natural [ a ] unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
Examples:
"a cat's natural aversion to water"
"offering to help was as instinctive as breathing"
19. natural [ n ] (in craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
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