nature : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect
  animality.
  

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• adverb through inherent nature
  naturally.
  
  • he was naturally lazy

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• death.

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• noun a cheerful, obliging disposition
  

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• . see under Good and Ill.

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• habitual kindness or mildness of temper or disposition; amiability; state of being in good humor.

  The good nature and generosity which belonged to his character. Macaulay.

  The young count's good nature and easy persuadability were among his best characteristics. Hawthorne.

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• noun the shared psychological attributes of humankind that are assumed to be shared by all human beings
  
  • a great observer of human nature

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• noun a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition
  

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• bad disposition or temperament; sullenness; esp., a disposition to cause unhappiness to others.

Webster 1913

• . (a) Naked as when born; nude . (b) In a condition of sin; unregenerate . (c) Untamed; uncvilized.

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• noun a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
  law.
  
  • the laws of thermodynamics

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• . (a) A broad generalization expressive of the constant action, or effect, of natural conditions; as, death is a law of nature; self-defense is a law of nature. See Law, 4. (b) A term denoting the standard, or system, of morality deducible from a study of the nature and natural relations of human beings independent of supernatural revelation or of municipal and social usages.

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• a process of printing from metallic or other plates which have received an impression, as by heavy pressure, of an object such as a leaf, lace, or the like.

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• noun the study of animals and plants in the natural world (usually at an elementary level)
  

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• noun a system of religion that deifies and worships natural forces and phenomena
  

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• the worship of the personified powers of nature.

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• noun acquired behavior that is practiced so long it seems innate
  

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• noun a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
  wild; natural state.
  
  • he lived in the wild
  • they collected mushrooms in the wild

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• to die.

Webster 1913