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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"
    • 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"

    verb

    • 1. cool (someone or something) by waving an object to create a current of air: "he fanned himself with his hat" Similar coolairaerateblow
    • 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"

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    any of various devices consisting essentially of a series of radiating vanes or blades attached to and revolving with a central hublike portion to produce a current of air: ceiling fan; wall fan. a series of revolving blades supplying air for winnowing or cleaning grain. Horology. fly 2 ( def 28 ).

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    Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the word fan as a noun in English. Find out the difference between a fan of something or someone, a fan as a machine, and a fan as a hand-held device.

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    Learn the various meanings and uses of the word fan, from a device for cooling or ventilating to a supporter of a person or thing. See synonyms, pronunciation, examples, and related phrases for fan.

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    A fan is a device for creating a current of air or a breeze, or an enthusiastic devotee of something. Learn the different meanings, uses, and origins of the word fan from various sources and dictionaries.