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fan
I. \ˈfan, ˈfaa(ə)n\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fann, from Latin vannus — more at winnow
1.
a. : a basket or wooden shovel formerly used for tossing grain into the air to let the chaff be blown away
b. : any of various devices for winnowing grain
2. : an instrument or device for producing an artificial current of air (as by a wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface): as
a. : a device for cooling the person usually having the form of a segment of a circle and consisting of material (as feathers, paper, or silk) mounted on thin rods or slats moving about a pivot so that the device may be closed compactly when not in use
b. : any revolving vane used for producing a current of air (as in blowing a fire or ventilating a room or for governing rapid rotary motion by the resistance of the air)
c. : a fan wheel revolved to cool the radiator of an automobile engine
d. : a fly that controls the striking mechanism of a clock
e. : one of the small vanes on a smock windmill that receive the impulse of the wind and are so located as to keep the large sails in the direction of the wind
f. slang : an aircraft propeller
3. : something felt to resemble an open fan: as
a. : a fan-shaped leaf (as of certain palms)
b. : the wing of a bird
c. : the tail of a bird
d. : any of several fan-shaped architectural members; especially : fanlight
e. : a gently sloping fan-shaped body of detritus commonly at a place where there is a notable decrease in gradient; usually : one deposited by a stream : alluvial fan
II. verb
(fanned ; fanned ; fanning ; fans)
Etymology: Middle English fannen, from Old English fannian, from fann, n.
transitive verb
1.
a. : to separate and drive away the chaff of (grain) by means of a current of air
b. : to eliminate (as chaff) by winnowing
2. : to move or impel (air) with or as if with a fan
3. : to blow or breathe upon
< the breeze fanned her hair >
4. : to direct a current of air upon with or as if with a fan: as
a. : to cool and refresh by moving the air with a fan
< fanned her perspiring face >
b. : to drive or scare with or as if with a fan
< fan away the smoke with a newspaper >
c. : to force or seek to force to glow or flame up by a draft of air
< fanning the coals into a brisk blaze >
d. : to stir up to activity as if by fanning : stimulate
< this conduct fanned his rage >
< they tried to fan our interest with coy hints >
5. archaic : to move to and fro like a fan : wave
6. slang : beat, tan, whip
7.
a. : to spread like a fan — often used with out
< fanning out the cards in his hand >
b. : to spread (as the leaves of an unbound book) with one edge of each element extending slightly beyond the next — often used with out, sometimes with over or up
8. slang : to feel (a person's clothing) in order to locate prospective loot; broadly : to search or examine (as a person or place)
< the guards found a gun when they fanned the cell block >
< routinely fanning him for weapons >
9. : to strike (a batter) out in baseball or softball
10. : to fire (a revolver) by squeezing the trigger and striking the hammer to the rear with the free hand thereby rotating the cylinder so that a new cartridge is detonated when it lines up with the firing pin
intransitive verb
1. : to move like a fan : flap, flutter
< muslin curtains fanning in the breeze >
< white butterflies were fanning on the goldenrod >
2. : to spread like a fan — often used with out
< the glacial debris fanned out over the slope >
< picnickers fan out along each highway >
3.
a. : to drift gently as if in a current of air produced by a fan
b. dialect : to move briskly : hustle
4. of a batter : to strike out in a baseball or softball game
III. \(|)fan, _fən\
Scotland
variant of when
IV. \ˈfan, ˈfaa(ə)n\
variant of fen
V.
Usage: usually capitalized
variant of fang
VI. \ˈfan, ˈfaa(ə)n\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: probably short for fanatic
1. : an enthusiastic devotee of a sport (as baseball) or diversion (as ballet) usually as a spectator rather than a participant
2. : an ardent admirer or champion (as of a person, technique, or pursuit) : enthusiast
< the president's thousands of ardent fans >
< camera fans >
< science-fiction fans >
< fan clubs > |