[syn: native, aboriginal]
4. as found in nature in the elemental form;
- Example: "native copper"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Native \Na"tive\ (n[=a]"t[i^]v), a. [F. natif, L. nativus, fr.
nasci, p. p. natus. See Nation, and cf. Na["i]ve, Neif
a serf.]
1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. [Obs.]
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Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native,
rising and vanishing again in long periods of times.
--Cudworth.
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2. Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the
place or the circumstances in which one is born; --
opposed to foreign; as, native land, language, color,
etc.
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3. Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native
inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where
used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native
oysters, or strawberries. In the latter sense, synonymous
with domestic.
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4. Original; constituting the original substance of anything;
as, native dust. --Milton.
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5. Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one;
inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius,
cheerfulness, wit, simplicity, rights, intelligence, etc.
Having the same meaning as congenital, but typically
used for positive qualities, whereas congenital may be
used for negative qualities. See also congenital
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Courage is native to you. --Jowett
(Thucyd.).
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6. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with). [R.]
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the head is not more native to the heart, . . .
Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father. --Shak.
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7. (Min.)
(a) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as,
native silver, copper, gold.
(b) Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium
chloride.
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Native American party. See under American, a.
Native bear (Zool.), the koala.
Native bread (Bot.), a large underground fungus, of
Australia (Mylitta australis), somewhat resembling a
truffle, but much larger.
Native devil. (Zool.) Same as Tasmanian devil, under
Devil.
Native hen (Zool.), an Australian rail (Tribonyx
Mortierii).
Native pheasant. (Zool.) See Leipoa.
Native rabbit (Zool.), an Australian marsupial (Perameles
lagotis) resembling a rabbit in size and form.
Native sloth (Zool.), the koala.
Native thrush (Zool.), an Australian singing bird
(Pachycephala olivacea); -- called also thickhead.
Native turkey (Zool.), the Australian bustard (Choriotis
australis); -- called also bebilya.
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Syn: Natural; natal; original; congenital.
Usage: Native, Natural, Natal. natural refers to the
nature of a thing, or that which springs therefrom;
native, to one's birth or origin; as, a native
country, language, etc.; natal, to the circumstances
of one's birth; as, a natal day, or star. Native
talent is that which is inborn; natural talent is that
which springs from the structure of the mind. Native
eloquence is the result of strong innate emotion;
natural eloquence is opposed to that which is studied
or artificial.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Native \Na"tive\, n.
1. One who, or that which, is born in a place or country
referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or
vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of
France; the natives are restless.
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2. (Stock Breeding) Any of the live stock found in a region,
as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct
imported breeds. [U.S.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
native
adj 1: characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic
origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many
native artists studied abroad" [ant: foreign,
strange]
2: belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native
language" [ant: adopted, adoptive]
3: characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region
from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal
peoples of Australia" [syn: native, aboriginal] [ant:
nonnative]
4: as found in nature in the elemental form; "native copper"
n 1: an indigenous person who was born in a particular place;
"the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the
Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to
aboriginal college students" [syn: native, indigen,
indigene, aborigine, aboriginal]
2: a person born in a particular place or country; "he is a
native of Brazil"
3: indigenous plants and animals
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
110 Moby Thesaurus words for "native":
aboriginal, aborigine, agrarian, arcadian, artless, atavistic,
autochthon, autochthonous, basic, best, bodily, born, bucolic,
by birth, candid, citizen, clan, coeval, congenital, connatal,
connate, connatural, constitutional, crude, direct, domestic,
earliest inhabitant, endemic, ethnic, exclusive, first,
first comer, genetic, genuine, hereditary, home, homebred,
homegrown, homespun, honest, impure, in the blood, in the raw,
inartificial, inborn, inbred, incarnate, indigene, indigenous,
indwelling, inhabitant, inherent, inherited, inland, innate,
instinctive, instinctual, internal, intestine, intrinsic, local,
local yokel, municipal, natal, national, native to, native-born,
natural, natural to, naturelike, organic, original, pastoral,
physical, primal, primitive, primitive settler, pristine,
provincial, raw, resident, run-of-mine, rural, straightforward,
temperamental, tribal, unacquired, unadorned, unaffected,
unartificial, unassuming, uncultivated, undesigning, undisguising,
undissembling, undissimulating, undomesticated, unembellished,
unfeigning, ungraded, unpretending, unpretentious, unsorted,
unspoiled, unsullied, untouched, unvarnished, vernacular, virgin,
virginal