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van de Velde

/ ˌvæn də ˈvɛldə /

noun

  1. van de VeldeAdriaen16361672MDutchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Adriaen. 1636–72, Dutch painter of landscapes with animals and figures
  2. van de VeldeEsaias?15911630MDutchARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARTS AND CRAFTS: painter his uncle, Esaias. ?1591–1630, Dutch landscape and genre painter, noted for such works as The Winter Scene (1623)
  3. van de VeldeHenry18631957MBelgianARCHITECTURE: architectARTS AND CRAFTS: designer Henry. 1863–1957, Belgian architect and designer, who introduced the British Arts and Crafts movement to the Continent and helped to develop the Art Nouveau style
  4. van de VeldeWillem16111693MDutchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Willem, known as the Elder: father of Adriaen van de Velde. 1611–93, Dutch marine painter, working in England as court painter to Charles II
  5. van de VeldeWillem16331707MDutchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter his son, Willem, known as the Younger. 1633–1707, Dutch marine painter, working in England as court painter to Charles II
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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If you were trying to channel your inner Jean van de Velde then you seriously succeeded.

One boot-scraper depicts the prison cell of Belgian writer Roger van de Velde, who was held in a psychiatric prison because of a painkiller addiction.

When you do rally — like all-time comeback king Paul Lawrie, who entered Sunday 10 shots behind at the 1999 British Open — it’s often because somebody — yes, Jean van de Velde — spit the bit.

Insert your Jean van de Velde jokes here.

"This is one of the first papers to look at actual biogeochemical effects of bottom trawling," says Sebastiaan van de Velde, a marine biogeochemist at the University of California, Riverside, who was not involved.

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