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   fan

   /fan/

   noun

   • 1. an apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or ventilation: "a couple of ceiling fans, lazily turning"
   • ▪ a small sail for keeping the head of a windmill towards the wind.
   • 2. a handheld device, typically folding and shaped like a segment of a circle when spread out, that is waved so as to cool the person holding it: "the girls were giggling behind their fans"
   • ▪ a thing resembling an open fan: "fan vaulting"
   • ▪ a fan-shaped alluvial or talus deposit at the foot of a slope: "there are great waste fans at the foot of the Andes in the desert"

   verb

   • 1. cool (someone or something) by waving an object to create a current of air: "he fanned himself with his hat" Similar coolairaerateblowventilatefreshenrefresh
   • ▪ (of breath or a breeze) blow gently on: "his breath fanned her skin as he leant towards her"
   • ▪ brush or drive away with a waving movement: "a veil of smoke which she fanned away with a jewelled hand"
   • ▪ swing unsuccessfully at the ball or puck: "he had fanned 37 times in 83 at-bats"
   • ▪ strike out (a batter): "Norris fanned nine batters with his screwball"
   • 2. increase the strength of (a fire) by blowing on it or stirring up the air near it: "fanned by an easterly wind, the fire spread rapidly"
   • ▪ cause (a belief or emotion) to become stronger or more widespread: "a fury fanned by press coverage" Similar intensifyincreaseagitateinflameexacerbatestimulatestir upwork upwhip upincitefuelanimateignitekindletriggersparkinstigatearouseexciteprovokefoment
   • 3. disperse or radiate from a central point to cover a wide area: "the arriving passengers began to fan out through the town in search of lodgings" Similar spreadopenbranchstretchoutspreadunfurlunfold
   • ▪ spread out or cause to spread out into a semicircular shape: "a dress made of tiny pleats that fanned out as she walked"

   Word Origin Old Englishfann (as a noun denoting a device for winnowing grain), fannian (verb), from Latin vannus ‘winnowing fan’. Compare with vane.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fanlike adjective
   • 2. fanner noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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   • N

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   • Znaczenie Fan, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     FAN definicja: 1. someone who admires and supports a person,...

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     FAN meaning: 1. someone who admires and supports a person,...

   • Fan: Arabic Translation

     FAN translate: مُشَجِّع, مِرْوَحة. Learn more in the...

   • Fan Spanish Translation

     FAN translate: aficionado, aficionada, fan, abanico,...

   • Fan: Russian Translation

     FAN translate: поклонник, фанат , вентилятор , обмахивать ....

   • Fan: Korean Translation

     FAN translate: 팬, 선풍기. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Fan: Italian Translation

     FAN translate: fan, tifoso, -a, sostenitore, ventilatore,...

   • Fan: Catalan Translation

     fan translate: fan, aficionat, -ada, ventall, ventilador....

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