Main entry: natural
Definition: (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
Definition: a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
Main entry: natural
Definition: someone regarded as certain to succeed
Usage: he's a natural for the job
Definition: free from artificiality
Usage: a lifelike pose; a natural reaction
Main entry: innate, natural, born
Definition: being talented through inherited qualities
Usage: a natural leader; a born musician; an innate talent
Main entry: natural
Definition: related by blood; not adopted
Main entry: natural
Definition: in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
Usage: a very natural development; our natural environment; natural science; natural resources; natural cliffs; natural phenomena
Main entry: natural
Definition: existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation
Usage: a natural pearl; natural gas; natural silk; natural blonde hair; a natural sweetener; natural fertilizers
Main entry: natural
Definition: existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical
Usage: a perfectly natural explanation
Main entry: natural
Definition: (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone
Usage: a natural scale; B natural
Main entry: natural
Definition: functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies
Usage: it's the natural thing to happen; natural immunity; a grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild
Main entry: rude, raw, natural
Definition: (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
Usage: natural yogurt; natural produce; raw wool; raw sugar; bales of rude cotton
Main entry: instinctive, natural
Definition: unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
Usage: a cat's natural aversion to water; offering to help was as instinctive as breathing