fan out
扇出,扇动,扇风,扇动着翅膀
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Definitions
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- : any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- : an implement of feathers, leaves, paper, cloth, etc., often in the shape of a long triangle or of a semicircle, for waving lightly in the hand to create a cooling current of air about a person: We sat on the veranda, cooling ourselves with palm-leaf fans.
- : anything resembling such an implement, as the tail of a bird.
- : any of various devices consisting essentially of a series of radiating vanes or blades attached to and revolving with a central hublike portion to produce a current of air: ceiling fan; wall fan.
- : a series of revolving blades supplying air for winnowing or cleaning grain.
- : Horology. fly.
- : a semicircular decoration of bunting.
- : Physical Geography. an alluvial fan.
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fanned, fan·ning.
- : to move or agitate with or as if with a 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.
- : to stir to activity with or as if with a fan: to fan a flame; to fan emotions.
- : to blow upon, as if driven by a fan: A cool breeze fanned the shore.
- : to spread out like a fan: The dealer fanned the cards.
- : Informal. to move quickly: You'll fan your tail out of here if you know what's good for you.
- : Agriculture. to winnow, especially by an artificial current of air.
- : Baseball. to strike out.
- : Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to punish by spanking; spank: Your mother will fan you good if you break that dish.
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fanned, fan·ning.
- : to strike, swing, or brush lightly at something.
- : Western U.S. . to slap the flanks of repeatedly with a hat to get it to move or move faster.
- : to spread out like a fan: The forest fire fanned out in all directions.
- : Baseball. to strike out, usually by swinging at and missing the pitch charged as the third strike.
Phrases
- fan the flames
- shit will hit the fan
Synonyms & Antonyms
Where does fan come from?
Is the word fan, as in a device with rotating blades, related in any way to a fan, as in an enthusiastic devotee? Whether in cooling a room or cheering for a team, both fans do move a lot of air, as it were. But no, these senses of fan come from very different—though equally fantastic—roots.Fan, the deviceLet’s start with fan in the sense of “any device for producing a current of air.” This fan is very old, recorded in English before 900. It comes from the Old English, fann, directly from the Latin vannus, a “winnowing basket.”Winnowing basket? This calls for a lesson in agricultural history. A winnowing basket is a type of broad, shallow basket used to winnow, that is, to free grain from lighter particles of chaff, dirt, and the like. This can be done, as shown in the video below, by tossing the grain, allowing the wind or a forced current of air to blow away the chaff and any impurities.A winnowing basket is what fan originally meant in English. The word fan expanded to refer to other kinds of devices used to blow away chaff. By association with the movement of air involved in winnowing, fan further expanded to name various devices for generating currents of air, especially for cooling and ventilation.Fan, the devotee Now, onto to that other fan, the kind that fills arenas for sporting and music events. This fan is “an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, or similar.” It was shortened from fanatic, “a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.”A fan is passionate, yes, but compared to a fanatic, the connotation of the word fan is generally much less extreme and uncritical. Fan was first recorded in American English around 1885–90. Early uses of fan refer to baseball die-hards before spreading to all sorts of other ardent followers.Dig deeperThe word fanatic has an interesting origin of its own. Entering English around 1515–25, fanatic derives from the Latin fānāticus, “pertaining to a temple.” Fānāticus came to refer to people seen as “frantic” and “enthusiastic”—people thought to be inspired by a divinity or orgiastic rites. Fānāticus is based on the noun fānum, “temple, sanctuary.” Discover more at profane.
Examples
In his statement, Stepien called the Big Ten’s decision “huge news, not just for college football fans, but for all Americans looking for key indicators that we can reopen our society and our economy, and do so safely.”
With fans unable to experience in-venue activations, many sponsors have also ramped up their activations on social media.
Even though they make money off the service through sponsorships and donations from fans, they make sure not to get too attached.
Most chips today are cooled by using thermal materials to transfer heat from components to a large metal heat sink that dissipates the energy to the air, possible with the help of a fan.
Suffice it to say Strzok is not a fan of the 45th President of the United States.
We haven't had any real fan reaction yet, but our collective fingers are crossed.
Why do you think you were “an asperg-y movie fan…a jabbering repellent acolyte?”
Replying to a fan, she wrote, “Anthony Goldstein, Ravenclaw, Jewish wizard.”
Comments like that are designed to stoke the fires of fan-passion—and it works beautifully.
It is the most animated this Downton Abbey fan has ever seen Lady Grantham.
She took the fan from Madame Ratignolle and began to fan both herself and her companion.
She bathed Madame Ratignolle's face with cologne, while Robert plied the fan with unnecessary vigor.
Rarely, sodium urate occurs in crystalline form—slender prisms, arranged in fan- or sheaf-like structures (Fig. 32).
She opened a large black fan and moved it slowly while looking intently at her son's bent profile.
In one, which occurs not infrequently, a thickened arm is made to expand into something like a fan-shaped hand, as in Fig. 18.