fan

IPA: fˈæn

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.
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.
(mathematics) A section of a tree having a finite number of branches
A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.
(Hong Kong, dated) A unit of length, equivalent to 0.1 tsun (0.01 chek), or 0.00371475 metres.
A diminutive of Frances.
A county of Puyang, Henan, China.
A surname from Mandarin
(rail transport) The station code of Fanling in Hong Kong.
Initialism of file area network.
(brewing) Initialism of free amino nitrogen, amino acids available for yeast metabolism.

(transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
(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.
(firearms, transitive) To perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun.
(figurative) To invigorate, like flames when fanned.
To winnow grain.
(rail transport, transitive) To apply (the air brake) many times in rapid succession.
(baseball, intransitive) To strike out.
(baseball, transitive) To strike out (a batter).

Examples of "fan" in Sentences

The word fan is most simply defined as, an enthusiastic admirer.
*gibz cweenmj survints tu rubbings hur feetz n fan hur wif oztrich fevurs fan*
"The whole word fan is short for fanatic," said Edward Hirt, professor of social psychology at Indiana University.
Such support is acceptable for sports -- the etymology of the word fan is a shortened version of fanatic -- but it is inadequate when such support is used to determine one's political allegiance.
I haven't seen it yet, and don't intend to, because altho' I was a - fan is too strong a word, I was a *fan* of Battle of the Planets and Starblazers and Voltron, but I watched and liked the series when it was running tho' I thought it rather simplistic and corny by comparison to the other shows I mention - I have heard so much that sounds depressing and Othering about it as a liberal woman, that I don't really need to spend any of my scanty budget on seeing CGI and explosions.