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English Definitions
fan
N
a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
fan
N
an enthusiastic devotee of sports
fan
N
an ardent follower and admirer
fan
V
strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)
fan
V
make (an emotion) fiercer
fan
V
separate the chaff from by using air currents
fan belt
N
a belt driven by the crankshaft that drives a fan that pulls air through the radiator
fan blade
N
blade of a rotating fan
N
a solo dance in which large fans are manipulated to suggest or reveal nakedness
N
large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia
N
a letter that is a piece of fan mail
fan mail
N
mail sent to public figures from their admirers
fan palm
N
palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves
N
a Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4)
N
the carved tracery on fan vaulting
N
an elaborate system of vaulting in which the ribs diverge like fans
N
an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine
fan-jet
N
a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust
fan-shaped
shaped in the form of a fan
fanatic
N
a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)
fanatic
marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea
fanatical
marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea
in a passionately fanatic manner
fanaticism
N
excessive intolerance of opposing views
N
excessive intolerance of opposing views
formed or conceived by the imagination
N
a person having a strong liking for something
fanciful
indulging in or influenced by fancy
fanciful
not based on fact; unreal
fanciful
having a curiously intricate quality
N
a rare congenital anemia characterized by pancytopenia and hypoplasia of the bone marrow
N
a rare congenital anemia characterized by pancytopenia and hypoplasia of the bone marrow
fancy
N
something many people believe that is false
fancy
N
a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
fancy
N
a predisposition to like something
fancy
V
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
fancy
V
have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
fancy
not plain; decorative or ornamented
N
a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
N
goods that are chiefly ornamental
N
someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
fancy man
N
a woman's lover
fancy up
V
put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
English Definitions from WordNet 3.0
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