Crossword-Solution: FAN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Fan | n. | An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface |
| Fan | n. | An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the figure of a section of a circle. |
| Fan | n. | Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel. |
| Fan | n. | An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away. |
| Fan | n. | Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a peacock's tail, a window, etc. |
| Fan | n. | A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind. |
| Fan | n. | That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan, as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames, heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the flame of his passion. |
| Fan | n. | A quintain; -- from its form. |
| Fan | n. | To move as with a fan. |
| Fan | n. | To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face of with a fan. |
| Fan | n. | To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion. |
| Fan | n. | To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat. |
| Fan | n. | To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan axcites a flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the excitement of the populace. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| FAN | anagram | ANF, NFA |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
CEMEZA
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eruption
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Sentences with FAN (5)
All the birds were singing gayly, All the streamlets flowing swiftly, And the heart of Pau-Puk-Keewis Sang with pleasure as the birds sing, Beat with triumph like the streamlets, As he wandered through the village, In the early gray of morning, With his fan of turkey-feathers, With his plumes and tufts of swan’s down, Till he reached the farthest wigwam, Reached the lodge of Hiawatha.
Now was the Sun in Western cadence low From Noon, and gentle Aires due at thir hour To fan the Earth now wak’d, and usher in The Eevning coole when he from wrauth more coole Came the mild Judge and Intercessor both To sentence Man: the voice of God they heard Now walking in the Garden, by soft windes Brought to thir Ears, while day declin’d, they heard And from his presence hid themselves among The thickest Trees, both Man and Wife, till God Approaching, thus to _Adam_ call’d aloud.
The fan of course stopped; every one had his own work to do; and no one could do the work of the other, and have his own go on at the same time.
You are glad to see me, Frank?” “O yes—of course.” “Can you—come to me!” “My dear Fan, no! The bugle has sounded, the barrack gates are closed, and I have no leave.
Years ago a fan started handing out black-on-green BNF buttons at SF conventions; this confused the hacker contingent terribly.
Quotes with FAN (3)
Dreams hit the fan? Life unexpectedly take a turn for the worst? Here’s what you do: First thing I think is to realize God didn’t do this to you. It’s just life. Second, know that it sucks. It does. Third, it’s a tunnel not a cave. Fourth, it still sucks. Fifth, it’s not hopeless. Assign meaning to it. Choose for these horrible things to bring you closer to family and god and not farther apart. Praying for you
Oh diary, I love her, I love her, I love her so much. Jordana is the most amazing person I have ever met. I could eat her. I could drink her blood. She's the only person I would allow to be shrunk to microscopic size and explore me in a tiny submersible machine. She is wonderful and beautiful and sensitive and funny and sexy. She's too good for me, she's too good for anyone! All I could do was let her know. I said: "I love you more than words. And I am a big fan of words.
Yes, I'm a fan of living some part of each day with my head in the clouds.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, Three Across, Tribune, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 547 times in crossword archives (1947–2025).