Native Definition–adjective | 1. | being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land. | | 2. | belonging to a person by birth or to a thing by nature; inherent: native ability; native grace. | | 3. | belonging by birth to a people regarded as indigenous to a certain place, esp. a preliterate people: Native guides accompanied the expedition through the rain forest. | | 4. | of indigenous origin, growth, or production: native pottery. | | 5. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the indigenous inhabitants of a place or country: native customs; native dress. | | 6. | born in a particular place or country: a native New Yorker. | | 7. | of or pertaining to a language acquired by a person before or to the exclusion of any other language: Her native language is Greek. | | 8. | pertaining to or characteristic of a person using his or her native language: a native speaker of English; native command of a language. | | 9. | under the rule of natives: a native government. | | 10. | occupied by natives: the native quarter of Algiers. | | 11. | remaining or growing in a natural state; unadorned or unchanged: the native beauty of a desert island. | | 12. | forming the source or origin of a person or thing: He returned to his native Kansas. | | 13. | originating naturally in a particular country or region, as animals or plants. | | 14. | found in nature rather than produced artificially, as a mineral substance: the difference between native and industrial diamonds. | | 15. | Chemistry, Mineralogy. (of metals) occurring in nature pure or uncombined: native copper. | | 16. | belonging to a person as a birthright: to deprive a person of his native rights. | | 17. | Computers. | a. | designed for use with a specific type of computer: writing native applications for 32-bit PCs. | | b. | internal to a specific application program: to view the file in its native format. | | | 18. | Archaic. closely related, as by birth. | –noun | 19. | one of the people indigenous to a place or country, esp. as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.: the natives of Chile. |
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| 20. | a person born in a particular place or country: a native of Ohio. | | 21. | an organism indigenous to a particular region. | | 22. | British. an oyster reared in British waters, esp. in an artificial bed. | | 23. | Astrology. a person born under a particular planet. | —Idiom | 24. | go native, Informal. to adopt or affect the manners or way of life of a place or environment that is different from one's own, esp. a less developed country: After living on the island for a year, we went native and began to wear the local costume. | |
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American Definition–adjective | 1. | of or pertaining to the United States of America or its inhabitants: an American citizen. | | 2. | of or pertaining to North or South America; of the Western Hemisphere: the American continents. | | 3. | of or pertaining to the aboriginal Indians of North and South America, usually excluding the Eskimos, regarded as being of Asian ancestry and marked generally by reddish to brownish skin, black hair, dark eyes, and prominent cheekbones. | –noun | 4. | a citizen of the United States of America. | | 5. | a native or inhabitant of the Western Hemisphere. | | 6. | an Indian of North or South America. | | 8. | a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, four driving wheels, and no rear truck. | |
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Jewelry Definition–noun | 1. | articles of gold, silver, precious stones, etc., for personal adornment. | | 2. | any ornaments for personal adornment, as necklaces or cuff links, including those of base metals, glass, plastic, or the like. | |
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