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fan
 
Noun fan has 3 senses
  1. fan - a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
    --1 is a kind of     device
    --1 is a part of cooling system, engine cooling system
    --1 has particulars: electric fan, blower; exhaust fan; punkah
    Derived form: verb fan3
  2. sports fan, fan - an enthusiastic devotee of sports
    --2 is a kind of enthusiast, partisan, partizan
    --2 has particulars: aficionado; railbird
  3. fan, buff, devotee, lover - an ardent follower and admirer
    --3 is a kind of follower
    --3 is a member of following, followers
    --3 has particulars:
     aerophile; aficionado; amorist; bacchant, bacchanal; groupie
Verb fan has 4 senses
  1. fan - strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)
    --1 is one way to     strike out
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  2. fan - make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred"
    --2 is one way to     intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  3. fan - agitate the air
    --3 is one way to     shake, agitate
    Derived form: noun fan1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  4. winnow, fan - separate from chaff; "She stood there winnowing grain all day in the field"
    --4 is one way to sift, sieve, strain
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
famous famous and popular famous for something negative famous person famously famousness famulator famulus fan fan belt fan blade fan dance fan deck fan fern fan letter fan mail fan out

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