fan
see also: Fan, FAN
Pronunciation Etymology 1
Fan
Etymology 1
FAN
Proper noun
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see also: Fan, FAN
Pronunciation Etymology 1
- Latin ventus
- Dutch wan
- German Wanne
- Swedish vanna
- Old English windwian.
More at winnow.
fan (plural fans)
- 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.
An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc. - The action of fanning; agitation of the air.
- 1998, Brock Thoene, Bodie Thoene, A New Frontier: Saga of the Sierras, page 181:
- "If I cannot be of service, then I certainly don't wish to impose," said McGinty, with a quick fan of breeze that indicated a sweeping bow.
- Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
- An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
- A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock mill always in the direction of the wind.
- (maths) A section of a tree having a finite number of branches
- French: éventail
- German: Fächer
- Italian: ventaglio
- Portuguese: leque
- Russian: ве́ер
- Spanish: abanico, abano
- French: ventilateur
- German: Ventilator, Gebläse, Lüfter
- Italian: ventilatore
- Portuguese: ventoinha, ventilador
- Russian: вентиля́тор
- Spanish: ventilador, abanico (Colombian Atlantic Coast), abano, molinete
fan (fans, present participle fanning; simple past and past participle fanned)
- (transitive) 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.
- 1865 November (indicated as 1866), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “The Pool of Tears”, in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC ↗, page 19 ↗:
- Alice took up the fan and gloves, and, as the hall was very hot, she kept fanning herself all the time she went on talking: […]
- (transitive) To slap (a behind, especially).
- (intransitive, usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
- (transitive) To dispel by waving a hand-held fan.
- I attempted to fan the disagreeable odour out of the room.
- (firearms, transitive) To perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun.
- (metaphoric) To invigorate, like flames when fanned.
- To winnow grain.
- (railroading, transitive) To apply (the air brake) many times in rapid succession.
- Fanning the brakes results in the gradual depletion of the pressure in the cars' brake reservoirs, which can eventually cause a loss of all braking.
- (baseball, intransitive) To strike out.
- (baseball, transitive) To strike out (a batter).
- (to firing a revolver by holding trigger and hitting hammer) thumbing
- French: éventer
- German: ventilieren, belüften, anfachen fire, embers, anwehen, zufächern
- Portuguese: ventilar
- Russian: обдува́ть
- Spanish: ventilar
- French: disperser
- German: fächern fan, auffächern fan out, verteilen
- Portuguese: espalhar-se
- Russian: рассредото́чиваться
fan (plural fans)
A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport. - I am a big fan of libraries.
- See Thesaurus:fan
- French: fan, admirateur, admiratrice, supporteur
- German: Fan, Liebhaber, Anhänger, Bewunderer, Entourage, Gefolge, Anhängerschaft, Enthusiast, Verehrer, Anhängerschaft, Enthusiast, Verehrer
- Italian: tifo, tifoso
- Portuguese: fã, adepto, torcedor (sports)
- Russian: боле́льщик
- Spanish: fan, hincha, aficionado, seguidor, forofo
From Cantonese 分.
Nounfan (plural fan)
Fan
Etymology 1
Shortening of Fanny, itself a short form of Frances.
Proper noun- A diminutive of Frances.
From Mandarin 范.
Proper noun- A county in Puyang, Henan.
- Surname
- Fanxian (county)
FAN
Proper noun
- (rail transport) The station code of Fanling in Hong Kong.
fan
- Init of file area network
- (brewing) Init of free amino nitrogen, amino acids available for yeast metabolism.
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