Definitions from Wiktionary (FAN)
▸ noun: A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
▸ noun: An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
▸ noun: The action of fanning; agitation of the air.
▸ noun: Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
▸ noun: An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
▸ noun: A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock mill always in the direction of the wind.
▸ noun: (mathematics) A section of a tree having a finite number of branches
▸ verb: (transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
▸ verb: (transitive) To slap (a behind, especially).
▸ verb: (intransitive, usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
▸ verb: (transitive) To dispel by waving a hand-held fan.
▸ verb: (firearms, transitive) To perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun.
▸ verb: (figurative) To invigorate, like flames when fanned.
▸ verb: To winnow grain.
▸ verb: (rail transport, transitive) To apply (the air brake) many times in rapid succession.
▸ verb: (baseball, intransitive) To strike out.
▸ verb: (baseball, transitive) To strike out (a batter).
▸ noun: A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.
▸ noun: (Hong Kong, dated) A unit of length, equivalent to 0.1 tsun (0.01 chek), or 0.00371475 metres.
▸ noun: A diminutive of Frances.
▸ noun: A county of Puyang, Henan, China.
▸ noun: A surname from Mandarin.
▸ noun: (rail transport) The station code of Fanling in Hong Kong.
▸ noun: Initialism of file area network.
▸ noun: (brewing) Initialism of free amino nitrogen, amino acids available for yeast metabolism.
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▸ noun: A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
▸ noun: An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
▸ noun: The action of fanning; agitation of the air.
▸ noun: Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
▸ noun: An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
▸ noun: A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock mill always in the direction of the wind.
▸ noun: (mathematics) A section of a tree having a finite number of branches
▸ verb: (transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
▸ verb: (transitive) To slap (a behind, especially).
▸ verb: (intransitive, usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
▸ verb: (transitive) To dispel by waving a hand-held fan.
▸ verb: (firearms, transitive) To perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun.
▸ verb: (figurative) To invigorate, like flames when fanned.
▸ verb: To winnow grain.
▸ verb: (rail transport, transitive) To apply (the air brake) many times in rapid succession.
▸ verb: (baseball, intransitive) To strike out.
▸ verb: (baseball, transitive) To strike out (a batter).
▸ noun: A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.
▸ noun: (Hong Kong, dated) A unit of length, equivalent to 0.1 tsun (0.01 chek), or 0.00371475 metres.
▸ noun: A diminutive of Frances.
▸ noun: A county of Puyang, Henan, China.
▸ noun: A surname from Mandarin.
▸ noun: (rail transport) The station code of Fanling in Hong Kong.
▸ noun: Initialism of file area network.
▸ noun: (brewing) Initialism of free amino nitrogen, amino acids available for yeast metabolism.
Similar:
winnow,
strike out,
buff,
sports fan,
lover,
afficionado,
devotee,
superfan,
fandom,
fanatic,
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Types:
ceiling fan,
desk fan,
standing fan,
tower fan,
box fan,
exhaust fan,
pedestal fan,
wall-mounted fan,
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