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Fan
/fæn/
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.
📖 Definitions of "Fan"
- 1
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.
- 2
An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
- 3
The action of fanning; agitation of the air.
- 4
Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
- 1
To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
"We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind."
- 2
To slap (a behind, especially).
- 3
(usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
- 4
To dispel by waving a hand-held fan.
"I attempted to fan the disagreeable odour out of the room."
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