Collins English-English Dictionary

natural ['nætʃrəl]

1. 1. n [music] cancel an accidental cancelling a previous sharp or flat

2. 2. adj of, existing in, or produced by nature

   natural science

   natural cliffs

3. 3. adj in accordance with human nature

   it is only natural to want to be liked

4. 4. adj as is normal or to be expected; ordinary or logical

   the natural course of events

5. 5. adj not acquired; innate

   a natural gift for sport

6. 6. adj being so through innate qualities

   a natural leader

7. 7. adj not supernatural or strange

   natural phenomena

8. 8. adj not constrained or affected; genuine or spontaneous

9. 9. adj not artificially dyed or coloured

   a natural blonde

10. 10. adj following or resembling nature or life; lifelike

    she looked more natural without her make-up

11. 11. adj not affected by man or civilization; uncultivated; wild

    in the natural state this animal is not ferocious

12. 12. adj illegitimate; born out of wedlock

13. 13. adj not adopted but rather related by blood

    her natural parents

14. 14. adj [music] not sharp or flat

15. 15. adj [postpositive] denoting a note that is neither sharp nor flat

    B natural

16. 16. adj (of a key or scale) containing no sharps or flats - Compare flat sharp

17. 17. adj [music] of or relating to a trumpet, horn, etc, without valves or keys, on which only notes of the harmonic series of the keynote can be obtained

18. 18. adj determined by inborn conviction

    natural justice

    natural rights

19. 19. adj [cards] (of a card) not a joker or wild card

20. 20. adj (of a canasta or sequence) containing no wild cards

21. 21. adj (of a bid in bridge) describing genuine values; not conventional

22. 22. adj based on the principles and findings of human reason and what is to be learned of God from nature rather than on revelation

    natural religion

23. 23. n [Spoken] a person or thing regarded as certain to qualify for success, selection, etc

    the horse was a natural for first place

24. 24. n a note affected by this accidental - Compare flat sharp

25. 25. n [pontoon] the combination of an ace with a ten or court card when dealt to a player as his or her first two cards

26. 26. n [obsolete] an imbecile; idiot