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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

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   What is a fan used for?

   • any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces. We sat on the veranda, cooling ourselves with palm-leaf fans. anything resembling such an implement, as the tail of a bird. ceiling fan; wall fan. a series of revolving blades supplying air for winnowing or cleaning grain.

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   What does Fang mean?

   • a baseball fan; a great fan of Charlie Chaplin. , plural Fans, (especially collectively) Fan. Fang. First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English fann, from Latin vannus “winnowing basket” An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; short for fanatic

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   What does fan mean in a sentence?

   • [VERB noun] During the afternoon, hot winds fan the flames. [VERB noun] If someone fans an emotion such as fear, hatred, or passion, they deliberately do things to make people feel the emotion more strongly. He said students were fanning social unrest with their violent protests.

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   What does Fang mean in baseball?

   • Baseball. (of a batter) to strike out, usually by swinging at and missing the pitch charged as the third strike. a baseball fan; a great fan of Charlie Chaplin. , plural Fans, (especially collectively) Fan. Fang. First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English fann, from Latin vannus “winnowing basket”

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   What does a car fan do?

   • A fan is a piece of electrical or mechanical equipment with blades that rotate. It is used to keep a machine cool or get rid of unpleasant smells. Despite its large capacity and a five-bladed fan, the engine tends to overheat. The car has a defect in the main fan which cools the engine.

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   a. : a device that is held in the hand and moved back and forth to cool a person and that is usually shaped like a segment of a circle and composed of material (such as feathers or paper) mounted on thin rods or slats moving about a pivot so that the device may be closed compactly when not in use. b.

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   A fan is a piece of electrical or mechanical equipment with blades that go round and round. It keeps a room or machine cool or gets rid of unpleasant smells. He cools himself in front of an electric fan.

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   1. A device for creating a current of air or a breeze, especially: a. A machine using an electric motor to rotate thin, rigid vanes in order to move air, as for cooling. b. A collapsible, usually wedge-shaped device made of a light material such as silk, paper, or plastic. 2. An implement or machine for winnowing. 3.

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   an implement of feathers, leaves, paper, cloth, etc., often in the shape of a long triangle or of a semicircle, for waving lightly in the hand to create a cooling current of air about a person: We sat on the veranda, cooling ourselves with palm-leaf fans.

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