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Fan
fan
- an apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or ventilation
"a couple of ceiling fans, lazily turning"
- a small sail for keeping the head of a windmill towards the wind
- a handheld device, typically folding and shaped like a segment of a circle when spread out, that is waved so as to cool the person holding it
"the girls were giggling behind their fans"
- a thing resembling an open fan
"fan vaulting"
- a fan-shaped alluvial or talus deposit at the foot of a slope
"there are great waste fans at the foot of the Andes in the desert"
- cool (someone or something) by waving an object to create a current of air
"he fanned himself with his hat"
- (of breath or a breeze) blow gently on
"his breath fanned her skin as he leant towards her"
- brush or drive away with a waving movement
"a veil of smoke which she fanned away with a jewelled hand"
- swing unsuccessfully at the ball or puck
"he had fanned 37 times in 83 at-bats"
- strike out (a batter)
"Norris fanned nine batters with his screwball"
- increase the strength of (a fire) by blowing on it or stirring up the air near it
"fanned by an easterly wind, the fire spread rapidly"
- cause (a belief or emotion) to become stronger or more widespread
"a fury fanned by press coverage"
- disperse or radiate from a central point to cover a wide area
"the arriving passengers began to fan out through the town in search of lodgings"
- spread out or cause to spread out into a semicircular shape
"a dress made of tiny pleats that fanned out as she walked"