- 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; punkahDerived form: verb fan3 - sports fan, fan - an enthusiastic devotee of sports
--2 is a kind of enthusiast, partisan, partizan
--2 has particulars: aficionado; railbird - 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
- fan - strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)
--1 is one way to strike out
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- fan - make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred"
--2 is one way to intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- fan - agitate the air
--3 is one way to shake, agitate
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun fan1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- 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
- fan - make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred"