Fan Meaning and Definition


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What is the definition Fan? What is its meaning in the dictionary? How to pronounce? Example sentences, Words starting with Fan, Related sentences, Antonyms, Synonyms, Words ending with Fan, Derivations and more...

Fan meaning

Word: Fan

How to pronounce: fæn

Noun

Definitions:

1. An apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or ventilation.

Example sentences: "A couple of ceiling fans, lazily turning"

2. A device, typically folding and shaped like a segment of a circle when spread out, that is held in the hand and waved so as to cool the person holding it by causing the air to move.

Example sentences: "The girls were giggling behind their fans"

3. A device for winnowing grain.

Verb

Definitions:

1. Cool (especially a person or a part of the body) by waving something to create a current of air.

Example sentences: "He fanned himself with his hat"

2. Increase the strength of (a fire) by blowing on it or stirring up the air near it.

Example sentences: "Gusty wind fanned fires in Yellowstone Park"

3. Disperse or radiate from a central point to cover a wide area.

Example sentences: "The arriving passengers began to fan out through the town in search of lodgings"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A person who has a strong interest in or admiration for a particular person or thing.

Example sentences: "Football fans"


Synonyms:

ventilator

ventilation fan

blower

ventilating fan

electric fan

vane

admirer

groupie

enthusiast

worshiper

aficionado

lover

buff

freak

groupies

rooter

supporter

devotee

follower

fani


Derivations:

fanatic


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Fan in Other Languages...

Spanish: Ventilador

German: Fan

French: Ventilateur

Italian: Fan

Turkish: Fan


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