NATURE

(LIFE) [noun] [U not after the] - all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, reproduction and growthEven as a child he loved nature, and enjoyed being in the countryside surrounded by animals.This new technique of artificially growing cells copies what actually happens in nature.She's very interested in nature articles/books/programmes.Nature is often used to refer to the force that is responsible for physical life and is sometimes spoken of as a person.Feeling tired-out is Nature's way of telling you to rest.To go/get back to nature is to live a more simple life using fewer artificial or processed products.They moved out of the city and went to live on a farm so that they could get back to nature.Some of our friends laugh at our back-to-nature lifestyle, but we enjoy it.He could be kept alive artificially, but I think it would be kinder to allow nature to/let nature take its course (= allow him to die).A nature reserve is an area of land which is protected in order to keep safe the animals and plants that live there, often because they are rare.(ANZ) A nature strip is a strip of grass, and often trees and other plants, which separates a path used by walkers from the part of a road used by vehicles.A nature trail is a path through an area of the countryside which is intended to attract the walker's attention to interesting plants, animals and other features.