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fan
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Meanings
noun
  • an apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or ventilation.
    E.g. a couple of ceiling fans, lazily turning
  • 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.
    E.g. the girls were giggling behind their fans
verb
  • cool (someone or something) by waving an object to create a current of air.
    E.g. he fanned himself with his hat
  • increase the strength of (a fire) by blowing on it or stirring up the air near it.
    E.g. fanned by an easterly wind, the fire spread rapidly
  • disperse or radiate from a central point to cover a wide area.
    E.g. the arriving passengers began to fan out through the town in search of lodgings
noun
  • a person who has a strong interest in or admiration for a particular person or thing.
    E.g. football fans
Fang
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Meanings
noun
  • a member of a people inhabiting parts of Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.
  • the Bantu language of the Fang, with over 500,000 speakers.
adjective
  • relating to the Fang or their language.

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