fanˈwise adverb

In the manner of a fan

fan belt noun

(in motor vehicles) a continuous belt that drives the alternator and the cooling fan for the radiator

fan dance noun

A solo dance in the nude (or nearly so) in which the performer attempts concealment (or nearly so) by tantalizing manipulation of a fan or fans or a bunch of ostrich, etc feathers

fanˈfold adjective

(of paper) in a continuous strip, scored or perforated so as to fall flat in sections, used for computer print-out

fan heater noun

An electric heater containing a fan that drives out heated air

fanˈ-jet noun

(an aeroplane with) an engine in which air is taken in through a fan and some of it, bypassing compressors, combustion chamber and turbines, is added to the exhaust to increase thrust

fanˈlight noun

1. A window over a door or another window, orig resembling an open fan in shape
2. A skylight

fan oven noun

An oven containing a fan that circulates the heated air, making heating uniform and shortening cooking time

fan palm noun

Any palm with palmate or hand-shaped leaves, esp palmetto

fanˈ-shaped adjective

Forming a sector of a circle

fanˈtail noun

1. A tail shaped like a fan
2. A variety of domestic pigeon with tail feathers spread out like a fan
3. A member of various other classes of fantailed birds such as the Australian genus of flycatchers Rhipidura
4. An artificially bred goldfish with double anal and caudal fins
5. A feature having parts radiating from a centre (architecture)

1. (also fanˈtailed) having a fan-shaped tail
2. Having parts radiating from a centre (architecture)

fan tracery or fan vaulting noun (architecture)

Tracery rising from a capital or a corbel, and diverging like the folds of a fan over the surface of a vault

fan wheel noun

A wheel with fans on its rim for producing a current of air

fan out

To fan or spread like a fan from a centre