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    fan
    /fan/

    noun

    • 1. an apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or ventilation: "a couple of ceiling fans, lazily turning"
    • 2. a handheld device, typically folding and shaped like a segment of a circle when spread out, that is waved so as to cool the person holding it: "the girls were giggling behind their fans"

    verb

    • 1. cool (someone or something) by waving an object to create a current of air: "he fanned himself with his hat" Similar coolairaerateblow
    • 2. increase the strength of (a fire) by blowing on it or stirring up the air near it: "fanned by an easterly wind, the fire spread rapidly"

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