fanned
扇形,扇动,扇动的,扇形的
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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.
Phrases
- fan the flames
- shit will hit the fan
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
While there’s still no Supernatural spinoff series currently on air or in the works, fans who’ve stuck with the show for 15 seasons undoubtedly still want more.
The biggest change is definitely the omission of a fan in the MacBook Air.
Parnassus’s Keith is a fan of Burlington Stores, the third-largest off-price retailer in the country after Ross Stores and TJX.
During the pandemic, ARMY has also been a lifesaver for fans.
She is as big a fan of baseball as I am of motor racing, and her beloved Washington Nationals were being celebrated for having won the World Series, after all.
THE RESCUE, 1964 Teams of commandos fanned out over Stanleyville.
Mr. Rove, you make these claims purely as conjecture without any facts, fanned by the emotions of your partisanship.
We sat opposite the Christmas tree, fourteen or so kids fanned around us.
Conservatives fanned out to claim that the bill was a big nothingburger.
Some founded a synagogue in Recife, Brazil (now in ruins), then fanned out throughout the Caribbean.
And the countess-dowager fanned herself complacently, and neither she nor Maude cared for the absence of a groomsman.
Gradually, however, the spark grew to a burning mass, which created the draught of air that fanned it.
A light breeze his face, and all around him he could see mountain peaks pushing upward into the clear blue sky.