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Empathy

1. The ability to identify with and understand somebody else's feelings or difficulties.

2. The transfer of somebody's own feelings and emotions to an object such as a painting.
Empathy..
1. Just someone who is very understanding or an empath.
2. Someone who puts his feelings in art.
by Jafje April 16, 2007
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Abiotic factor

A non-living feature of the environment, e.g. temperature.
An abiotic factor can be anything that has to do with the weather.
by Jafje May 25, 2007
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Nederlands

Nederlands:
1) Dutch for Dutch.
2) To be Dutch.
In Dutch:

"Ik ben Nederlands."
"I am Dutch."
by Jafje May 20, 2007
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Aesthetic

ADJECTIVE:

1. Beautiful.

2. Sensitive to or appreciative of art or beauty.

3. Relating to the philosophical principles of aesthetics.

NOUN:

A set of principles about art.
ADJECTIVE:
1. Aesthetic - beautiful.
2. Someone who loves art.
3. Principles of/about art.

NOUN:
The modernist aesthetic.
by Jafje April 16, 2007
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Abbreviation

A shortened form of a word or phrase.

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Types of abbreviations:

There are four main kinds of abbreviations: shortenings, contractions, initialisms, and acronyms. 1 Shortenings of words usually consist of the first few letters of the full form and are usually spelled with a final period when they are still regarded as abbreviations, for example, cont. = continued, in = inch. In the cases when they form words in their own right, the period is omitted, for example, hippo = hippopotamus, limo = limousine. Such shortenings are often but not always informal. Some become the standard forms, and the full forms are then regarded as formal or technical, for example, bus = omnibus, taxi = taxicab, deli = delicatessen, zoo = zoological garden. Sometimes shortenings are altered to facilitate their pronunciation or spelling: bike = bicycle2 Contractions are abbreviated forms in which letters from the middle of the full form have been omitted, for example, Dr. = doctor, St. = saint or street. Such forms are invariably followed by a period. Another kind of contraction is the type with an apostrophe marking the omission of letters: can't = cannot, didn't = did not, you've = you have. 3 Initialisms are made up of the initial letters of words and are pronounced as separate letters: CIA (or C.I.A.), NYC, pm (or p.m.), U.S. (or US). Practice varies with regard to periods, with current usage increasingly in favor of omitting them, especially when the initialism consists entirely of capital letters. 4 Acronyms are initialisms that have become words in their own right, or similar words formed from parts of several words. They are pronounced as words rather than as a series of letters, for example, AIDS, laser, scuba, UNESCO, and do not have periods. In many cases the acronym becomes the standard term and the full form is only used in explanatory contexts.
An example of an abbreviation is abbr, which is short for "abbreviation".
by Jafje September 9, 2007
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Fanning

1. A device to circulate currents of air, especially one with rotating blades.

2. A flat disk on a handle or a folding semicircular device for waving back and forth in order to cool the face.

3. Something in the shape of an open hand-held fan, e.g. the tail of a peacock.

4. Winnowing machine: a machine with a series of revolving blades used to winnow or clean grain.
He's fanning gnats.
by Jafje September 30, 2007
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Revenge

1. Punishment: The punishment of somebody in retaliation for harm done.

2. Retaliation act: Something done to get even with somebody else who has caused harm.

3. Desire for retaliation: The desire or urge to get even with somebody.
She poisoned him as revenge because he betrayed her.
by Jafje April 10, 2007
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