1. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces 
2. An enthusiastic devotee of sports
   - sports fan, rooter 
3. An ardent follower and admirer
   - buff, devotee, lover

1. Strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher) 
2. Make (an emotion) fiercer
   "fan hatred" 
3. Agitate the air 
4. Separate the chaff from by using air currents
   - winnow

Derived forms: fans, fanned, fanning

See also: fandom

Type of: agitate, compound, deepen, device, enthusiast, follower, heighten, intensify, partisan, partizan, shake, sieve, sift, strain, strike out

Part of: cooling system, engine cooling system, followers, following

Encyclopedia: Fan

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