na • ture\ nā-cher\ n.

• 1 a. The vital or physical powers of a person.
• b. The physical strength or constitution of a thing, especially a natural substance.
• 2. Excrement, semen, menstrual discharge, or female genitals.
• 3. The force which is required for the physical and mental functioning of a human being.
• 4 a. Sexual desire.
• b. The vital functions of the human body that require sustenance.
• c. The need of the human body to defecate and urinate.
• 5. The inherent dominating power or impulse in a person by which character or action is determined, directed, or controlled.
• 6. Natural feeling or affection, especially between a parent and child.
• 7 a. The basic character or disposition of mankind; humanity.
• b. The innate or characteristic disposition of a particular person or animal.
• c. Heredity or environment as influences on a person’s personality or behavior, as contrasted with nurture.
• 8. The inherent or essential quality or constitution of a thing.
• 9. The creative and regulative power conceived of as operating in the material world and as the immediate cause of its phenomena.
• 10. The phenomena of the physical world collectively, especially plants and animals, as opposed to humans and human creations.
• 11. The body’s own natural power of healing itself, as distinguished from medical skill or treatment.
• 12. Lack of artifice in a person’s speech, writing, drawing, etc.