feel·ing [feeling]
1. sense of touch: the sensation felt on touching something. (When touching anemones)
2. ability to have physical sensation: the ability to perceive physical sensation in a part of the body. (when the temperature changes)
3. something experienced physically or mentally: a perceived physical or mental sensation.
4. something felt emotionally: a perceived emotional state. (excitement, sick, fear)
5. affection: the emotional response of love, sympathy, or tenderness toward somebody. (When partner is present)
6. ability to express emotion: the capacity to experience strong emotions. (when threatened)
7. impression sensed: a particular impression, appearance, effect, or atmosphere sensed from something. (After being shipped)
8. instinctive awareness: an instinctive awareness or presentiment of something. (when in the Ocean or in your tank)
9. instinctive understanding or talent: an instinctive understanding of or talent for something.
10. expressive ability: the ability to express strong emotion, especially in performance. (When approaching the tank to feed)
plural noun feel·ings
Definition: sensibilities: somebody's (something) emotional ( a FEELING) susceptibilities.
adjective Definition:
1. sensitive to touch: able to experience the sensation of touch. (When in or out of the water)
2. expressive: expressing or full of strong emotion. (aggression, hunger, fear, excitement)
3. having strong emotions: easily or strongly affected by emotion.
feel [ feel ]
verb (past and past participle felt [ felt ] present participle feel·ing, 3rd person present singular feels)
Definition:
1. intransitive verb seem to yourself: to seem to yourself to be in a particular physical or emotional state. Don't feel sad.
2. intransitive verb cause particular sensation: to cause a particular physical or emotional sensation. The water feels cold.
3. transitive verb experience something: to experience an emotion or physical sensation.
felt no regret.
4. transitive verb have sensation in body part: to have physical sensation in a part of the body.
5. transitive verb be affected by something: to be deeply affected emotionally by something painful.
6. transitive verb touch something: to perceive something using the sense of touch.
7. transitive verb examine something: to test or examine something by touching it.
8. transitive verb advance hesitantly: to make your way forward slowly, guided by the sense of touch, or tentatively, because what is ahead is hard to see or uncertain.
9. intransitive verb use touch in searching: to use the sense of touch to try to find something.
10. transitive verb think something is true: to be convinced about something by instinct or intuition rather than concrete evidence.
11. transitive verb be aware of something: to be instinctively aware of something, usually an emotion, that is not visible or apparent.
12. transitive verb believe something: to have the opinion or belief that something is the case. She felt she could no longer carry on.
noun (plural feels) Definition:
1. impression gained from touch: an impression of something gained through touching or being touched by it. The feel of wool against the skin.
2. sense of touch: the sensation felt on touching something. Hot to the feel
3. impression sensed from something: an impression, appearance, effect, or atmosphere sensed from something. A hotel with a more traditional feel
4. instinct for something: an instinctive understanding of, or talent for, something. He has a feel for these things.
5. grope: a sexual touch, usually uninvited ( informal )
[ Old English fēlan< Indo-European]
feel like
1. to have an inclination or desire for something. I don't feel like eating at present.
2. to have or acknowledge a physical or emotional condition that is considered comparable to something else. They made me feel like a criminal.
char·ac·ter [
kárrəktər ] (plural char·ac·ters)
noun Definition:
1. distinctive qualities: the set of qualities that make somebody or something distinctive, especially somebody's qualities of mind and feeling. It's just not in my character to behave that way.
2. positive qualities: qualities that make somebody or something interesting or attractive.
3. reputation: somebody's public reputation.
4. somebody in book or movie: one of the people portrayed in a book, play, or movie.
5. unusual person: somebody with an unusual or eccentric personality.
6. individual: somebody considered in terms of personality, behavior, or appearance, a flamboyant character.
7. letter or symbol: any written or printed letter, number, or other symbol.
8. compute unit of computer data: a single letter, number, or symbol that can be displayed on a computer screen or printer and represents one byte of data.
9. typical or untypical of the behavior of a particular person or thing .
10. involved or not involved in the psychological preparations for acting out a particular role in a play, movie, or other dramatic work.
By Webster’s definitions and admission FISH DO HAVE FEELINGS, CHARACTER, INTELLIGENCE, AND THEY MATTER. Anyone who thinks (or voted no) should reevaluate their morals or understanding of the creatures they keep.
Below are some links to help educate ourselves to see our pets from in a little different perspective, and maybe treat them with a little more respect.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/feeling
http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861610873/feeling.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeling
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/feeling
