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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fan \Fan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fanned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Fanning}.] [Cf. OF. vanner, L. vannere. See {Fan}, n., {Van}
     a winnowing machine.]
     1. To move as with a fan.
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              The air . . . fanned with unnumbered plumes.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow
        the air on the face of with a fan.
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     3. To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion.
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              Calm as the breath which fans our eastern groves.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     4. To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a
        current of air; as, to fan wheat. --Jer. li. 2.
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     5. To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan excites a
        flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the
        excitement of the populace.
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     {Fanning machine}, or {Fanning mill}, a machine for
        separating seed from chaff, etc., by a blast of air; a
        fanner.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fan
       n 1: a device for creating a current of air by movement of a
            surface or surfaces
       2: an enthusiastic devotee of sports [syn: {sports fan}]
       3: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: {buff}, {devotee}, {lover}]
       v 1: strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)
       2: make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred"
       3: agitate the air
       4: separate from chaff; "She stood there winnowing grain all
          day in the field" [syn: {winnow}]
       [also: {fanning}, {fanned}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fanning
       See {fan}

















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