Fan Definition
făn
fanned, fanning, fans
noun
fans
A device for winnowing grain.
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Any device or machine used to set up a current of air for ventilating or cooling.
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Anything in the shape of a fan, as the tail of a bird.
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In a windmill, a small vane that keeps the large vanes, or sails, at right angles to the wind.
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A person enthusiastic about a specified sport, pastime, or performer; devotee.
A baseball fan, movie fan.
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verb
fanned, fanning, fans
To direct, with or as with a fan, a current of air toward or on.
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To direct a current of air or a breeze upon, especially in order to cool.
Fan one's face.
American Heritage
To move or agitate (air) with or as with a fan.
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To stir up; excite.
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To blow or drive away with a fan.
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pronoun
A diminutive of Frances.
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idiom
fan the air
- to strike at but fail to hit something
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Fan
- fan out
- fan the air
Origin of Fan
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Middle English winnowing fan from Old English fann from Latin vannus wet-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Shortening of Fanny, itself a short form of Frances.
From Wiktionary
Short for fanatic
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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