nature

Meanings

Plural: natures

Noun

• the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
  • "it is the nature of fire to burn"
  • "the true nature of jealousy"
• a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe
  • "the laws of nature"
  • "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women"
• the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.
  • "they tried to preserve nature as they found it"
• the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions
  • "it is his nature to help others"
• a particular type of thing
  • "he's interested in trains and things of that nature"
  • "matters of a personal nature"
• The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology.
• The particular way someone or something is, especially
• The essential or innate characteristics of a person or thing which will always tend to manifest, especially in contrast to specific contexts, reason, religious duty, upbringing, and personal pretense or effort.
• The particular way someone or something is, especially
• The distinguishing characteristic of a person or thing, understood as its general class, sort, type, etc.
• The particular way someone or something is, especially
• Synonym of caliber: the class of a gun.
• The vital functions or strength of someone or something, especially (now dialect) as requiring nourishment or careful maintenance or (medicine) as a force of regeneration without special treatment.
• A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially
• The need to urinate and defecate.
• A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially
• Sexual desire.
• A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially
• Spontaneous love, affection, or reverence, especially between parent and child.
• A product of the body's physical form, especially semen and vaginal fluids, menstrual fluid, and (obsolete) feces.
• A part of the body's physical form, especially (obsolete) the female genitalia.

Verb

• To endow with natural qualities.

Synonyms

caliber, essence

Related Words

antenatal, innate, nascent, natal, nation, national, nationality, native, nativism, nativity, nativization, natural, naturalism, nature morte, naturehood, naturism, naturist, naturity, naturize, naturopath, naturopathy, perinatal, prenatal