ALL meanings of fan
fan
F f - noun fan An apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or ventilation. 1
- noun fan an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.: a baseball fan; a great fan of Charlie Chaplin. 1
- verb with object fan to move or agitate (the air) with or as if with a fan. 1
- verb with object fan to cause air to blow upon, as from a fan; cool or refresh with or as if with a fan: He fanned his face with a newspaper. 1
- verb with object fan to stir to activity with or as if with a fan: to fan a flame; to fan emotions. 1
- verb with object fan (of a breeze, current of air, etc.) to blow upon, as if driven by a fan: A cool breeze fanned the shore. 1
- verb with object fan to spread out like a fan: The dealer fanned the cards. 1
- verb with object fan Informal. to move (oneself) quickly: You'll fan your tail out of here if you know what's good for you. 1
- verb with object fan Agriculture. to winnow, especially by an artificial current of air. 1
- verb with object fan Baseball. (of a pitcher) to strike out (a batter). 1
- noun fan device: blows air 1
- verb with object fan Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to punish by spanking; spank: Your mother will fan you good if you break that dish. 1
- noun fan waved in hand 1
- verb without object fan to strike, swing, or brush lightly at something. 1
- noun fan sports enthusiast 1
- verb without object fan Western U.S. (chiefly cowboy use) . to slap the flanks of (a horse or other animal) repeatedly with a hat to get it to move or move faster. 1
- noun fan enthusiast 1
- verb without object fan to spread out like a fan (often followed by out): The forest fire fanned out in all directions. 1
- transitive verb fan cool with a fan 1
- verb without object fan Baseball. (of a batter) to strike out, usually by swinging at and missing the pitch charged as the third strike. 1
- transitive verb fan flames: agitate with a fan 1
- idioms fan hit the fan, Slang. to become suddenly more awkward, embarrassing, or troublesome: When news of the incident was leaked to the press, everything hit the fan at once. 1
- transitive verb fan intensify, encourage 1
- abbreviation FAN Fang. 1
- noun fan feathers, palm leaves, etc. 1
- abbreviation FAN foliage 1
- countable noun fan If you are a fan of someone or something, especially a famous person or a sport, you like them very much and are very interested in them. 0
- countable noun fan A fan is a flat object that you hold in your hand and wave in order to move the air and make yourself feel cooler. 0
- verb fan If you fan yourself or your face when you are hot, you wave a fan or other flat object in order to make yourself feel cooler. 0
- countable noun fan A fan is a piece of electrical or mechanical equipment with blades that go round and round. It keeps a room or machine cool or gets rid of unpleasant smells. 0
- countable noun fan You can describe anything that has the shape of a wide 'V' with a curved part above it as a fan. 0
- verb fan If you fan a fire, you wave something flat next to it in order to make it burn more strongly. If a wind fans a fire, it blows on it and makes it burn more strongly. 0
- verb fan If someone fans an emotion such as fear, hatred, or passion, they deliberately do things to make people feel the emotion more strongly. 0
- noun fan any device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or number of surfaces, esp a rotating device consisting of a number of blades attached to a central hub 0
- noun fan a machine that rotates such a device 0
- noun fan any of various hand-agitated devices for cooling oneself, esp a collapsible semicircular series of flat segments of paper, ivory, etc 0
- noun fan something shaped like such a fan, such as the tail of certain birds 0
- noun fan a kind of basket formerly used for winnowing grain 0
- noun fan a machine equipped with a fan for winnowing or cleaning grain 0
- verb fan to cause a current of air, esp cool air, to blow upon, as by means of a fan 0
- verb fan to agitate or move (air, smoke, etc) with or as if with a fan 0
- verb fan to make fiercer, more ardent, etc 0
- verb fan to spread out or cause to spread out in the shape of a fan 0
- verb fan to fire (an automatic gun) continuously by keeping the trigger depressed 0
- verb fan to fire (a nonautomatic gun) several times by repeatedly chopping back the hammer with the palm 0
- verb fan to winnow (grain) by blowing the chaff away from it 0
- noun fan an ardent admirer of a pop star, film actor, football team, etc 0
- noun fan a devotee of a sport, hobby, etc 0
- noun fan a device for winnowing grain 0
- noun fan any device or machine used to set up a current of air for ventilating or cooling 0