Word: fan

Category: fan

Arts & Entertainment, Home & Garden, Sports

Related words: fan

the fan, ceiling fan, fan fiction, fan art, cooling fan, fan control, exhaust fan, speed fan, hunter fan, bathroom fan, not a fan, fanfiction, dyson, dyson fan, tower fan, ceiling fan direction, fan blades

Synonyms: fan

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: fan

fan in spanish

Dictionary:
spanish
Translations:
entusiasta, abanicar, abanicarse, abanico

fan in german

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german
Translations:
liebhaber, ventilator, anhänger, fan, gebläse, lüfter, fächer

fan in french

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french
Translations:
aérateur, partisan, éventail, amateur, aspirateur, ventilateur, éventer

fan in italian

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italian
Translations:
ventilatore

fan in portuguese

Dictionary:
portuguese
Translations:
famoso, abanar, ventilador

fan in dutch

Dictionary:
dutch
Translations:
aanwakkeren, aanzetten, ventilator, aanvuren

fan in russian

Dictionary:
russian
Translations:
любитель, лопасть, опахало, приверженец, фанат, вентилятор, веять, обмахивать, веер, раздувать, овеять, обвеивать, обмахнуться, освежать, овевать, крыло

fan in finnish

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finnish
Translations:
tuuletin, intoilija, lietsoa

fan in czech

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czech
Translations:
milovník, ovívat, větrák, vějíř, ventilátor

fan in polish

Dictionary:
polish
Translations:
dmuchawa, wachlarz, rozdymać, wentylator, suszarka, amator, fan, wachlować, entuzjasta, kibic

fan in hungarian

Dictionary:
hungarian
Translations:
gabonarosta, drukker

fan in greek

Dictionary:
greek
Translations:
οπαδός, βεντάλια, ανεμιστήρας

fan in ukrainian

Dictionary:
ukrainian
Translations:
вентилятор, обмахуватися, обмахувати, крило

fan in estonian

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estonian
Translations:
õhutama, fänn, lehvik

fan in croatian

Dictionary:
croatian
Translations:
lepeza, navijač, ljubitelj, ventilator

fan in slovenian

Dictionary:
slovenian
Translations:
ventilátor

fan in slovak

Dictionary:
slovak
Translations:
ventilátor

The meaning and "use of": fan

noun
  • an apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or ventilation. - Ceiling fans that keep you cool in summer also can save energy in winter.
  • 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. - Well-prepared with umbrellas and caps, spectators waved fans or improvised from whatever was at hand to fight the heat.
  • a device for winnowing grain. - The farmer puts the unsorted grain and chaff into the basket, and shakes it until the lighter chaff is propelled over the fan 's lip, while the heavier grain remains inside.
  • a person who has a strong interest in or admiration for a particular sport, art form, or famous person. - football fans
verb
  • cool (especially a person or a part of the body) by waving something to create a current of air. - he fanned himself with his hat
  • increase the strength of (a fire) by blowing on it or stirring up the air near it. - gusty wind fanned fires in Yellowstone Park
  • 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

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