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natural(2) (iou)



natural noun. . E16.
[from the adjective, partly after French naturel. In sense 13 from Spanish.]
I. A mental or (rarely) physical endowment of a person; a natural gift or power of mind (or body). Usu. in pl. E16-L17.
a. A natural thing or object; a matter having its basis in the natural world or in the usual course of nature. Usu. in pl. E16-E18.
b. in one's naturals, in one's pure naturals [after medieval Latin in puris naturalibus], in a purely natural condition, not altered or improved in any way; completely naked. L16-M18.
c. In pl. & sing. The genitals. rare. M17.
a. Natural disposition, inclination, or character; natural form or condition. M16-L17.
b. the natural, (a) the real thing or person, the life; (b) that which is natural or according to the ordinary course of things. L16.
A person mentally handicapped from birth. M16.
Music.
a. A note in a natural scale. E17.
b. A sign () indicating return to natural pitch after a preceding sharp or flat. L18.
c. A white key on a piano etc. L19.
a. In a gambling game, a combination or score that immediately wins the stake; spec. a throw of 7 or 11 at craps. M18.
b. A hand as first dealt making 21 in pontoon. M19.
One's natural life. colloq. L19.
C. Mackenzie I never worked so hard in all my natural.
A person having a natural gift or talents (for); a natural expert (at); a thing with qualities that make it particularly suitable (for). E20.
Observer The sort of play which should have been a natural for television. B. Malamud He was a natural and gradually began to pick up..a reputation.
Archaeology. Undisturbed terrain, below the levels affected by human activity; virgin rock. M20.
A hairstyle among black people in which the hair is not straightened or bleached; spec. an Afro haircut. US. M20.
An off-white or creamy beige, the colour of natural wool etc. M20.
II.
A native of a place or country. E16-M18.
III.
Bullfighting. A type of pass made facing the bull with the muleta in the left hand. M20.
Comb.: natural-sign Music = sense 5b above.

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