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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. The air . . . fanned with unnumbered plumes. --Milton. 2. To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face of with a fan. 3. To ventilate; to blow on to affect by air put in motion. Calm as the breath which fans our eastern groves. --Dryden. 4. To winnow; to separate chaff from and drive it away by a current of air; as to fan wheat. --Jer. li 2. 5. To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan axcites a flame; to stimulate; as this conduct fanned the excitement of the populace. {Fanning machine}, or {Fanning mill}, a machine for separating seed from chaff, etc., by a blast of air; a fanner. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fanned adj : especially spread in a fan shape; "the peacock's fanned tail"; "the spread-out cards" [syn: {spread-out(a)}]
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