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nature

noun
/ˈneɪ̯.tʃə(ɹ)//ˈneɪ̯.tʃə/UK/ˈneɪ̯.t͡ʃəɹ/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁-sḱé-ti Proto-Italic *gnāskōrder. Latin nāscor Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin nātūralbor. Old French naturebor. Middle English nature English nature From Middle English nature, natur, from Old French nature, from Latin nātūra (“birth, origin, natural constitution or quality”), future participle from perfect passive participle (g)natus (“born”), from deponent verb (g)nasci (“to be born, originate”) + future participle suffix -urus. Displaced native Middle English erd (“character, nature, disposition”) from Old English eard (compare German Art (“nature, character, kind, type”)); and Middle English kynde (“character, disposition, nature”) from Old English ġecynd. More at kind.

  1. derived from nātūra
  2. derived from nature
  3. inherited from nature

Definitions

  1. The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order,…

    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.

    • I oft admire How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions.

  2. The particular way someone or something is, especially

    • Vliss.: ... One touch of nature makes the whole world kin, That all with one consent praise new-borne gaudes, Though they are made and moulded of things past, And goe to dust, that is a little guilt, More laud then guilt ore-dusted.
    • Lady. ...Glamys thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be What thou art promis'd: yet doe I feare thy Nature, It is too full o'th' Milke of humane kindnesse, To catch the neerest way.
    • Nature passes norture.

  3. The vital functions or strength of someone or something, especially (now dialect) as…

    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.

    • Any such corrasiue, sharpe or eager medicine... as the said H. shal think his nature is vnable to suffer...
    • For nature creſſant does not grovve alone / In thevvs and bulkes, but as this temple vvaxes, / The invvard ſervice of the minde and ſoule / Grovves vvide vvithal, […]
    • I returned hungry... and had only snow to supply the calls of nature.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially

      • He withdrew from the Company to ease Nature.
      • The women tell you to stop because they's feeling the call of nature. If you don't stop they pee in your lorry.
      • I hear the call of nature.

    2. A product of the body's physical form, especially semen and vaginal fluids, menstrual…

      A product of the body's physical form, especially semen and vaginal fluids, menstrual fluid, and (obsolete) feces.

      • If a man want to break his wife from some man, he steals this dishcloth... an' he ketches her nachure in this dishcloth...

    3. A part of the body's physical form, especially (obsolete) the female genitalia.

      • ... offer her the Horse, and... wash her Nature with cold Water ...

    4. To endow with natural qualities.

    5. The sum of natural forces reified and considered as a sentient being, will, or principle.

      • To her fair works did Nature link The human soul that through me ran; And much it grieved my heart to think What man has made of man.
      • The human genius is creative when it copies Nature, and imitative when it aims to invent.
      • Within was a small chamber, chilly as an ice-house, and walled by Nature with solid limestone that was dewy with a cold sweat.

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Derived

against nature, all nature, allow nature to take her course, allow nature to take its course, animal nature, answer the call of nature, antinature, appeal to nature, back to nature, back-to-nature, bad nature, better angels of one's nature, better angels of someone's nature, better angles of one's nature, better nature, book of nature, Buddha-nature, by nature, call of nature, child-nature, course of nature, crime against nature, Dame Nature, debt-for-nature, debt of nature, defy the laws of nature, disnature, ease nature, force of nature, freak of nature, good nature, human nature, in nature, in the nature of things, law of nature, laws of nature, let nature take her course, let nature take its course, light of nature, Mother Nature · +98 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at nature. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01nature02regeneration03renewal04renewing05renew06replenish07finish08physical

A definitional loop anchored at nature. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at nature

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA