fan

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Definizione monolingua


fan


Verb

fan (third-person singular simple present fans, present participle fanning, simple past and past participle fanned)


  1. (transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
    We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind..
    • 1865, Lewis Carroll, Alices Adventures in Wonderland
      Alice took up the fan and gloves, and, as the hall was very hot, she kept fanning herself all the time she went on talking.
  2. (transitive) To slap (a behind, especially).
    • 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 148:
    • […] it would have been a real satisfaction toput her across my knees and pull up her skirts and giver[sic] her a swell fanning […]
  3. (intransitive, usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
Noun

fan (plural fans)


  1. 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.
  2. An electrical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
  3. Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
Preposition

fan


  1. off, from

Definizione dizionario fan


Traduzione fan


tifoso ,ventaglio ,ventilatore ,fan ,ventola

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