fan

Reikšmė (anglų kalba)

1. A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
2. An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
3. The action of fanning; agitation of the air.
4. Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
5. An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
6. A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock mill always in the direction of the wind.
7. A section of a tree having a finite number of branches

supporter

ventilate

aficionado

fan oneself

electric fan

mechanical fan

sports fan

swain

blow gently

blow on

brush away

set afire

urge on

one who loves something

folding fan

blow bellows

cool by fanning

cause to burn

royal long-handled fan

excite by blowing

exhaust blower

blast fan

wipe clean

pneumatic concentrator

entilator

submarine delta

submarine bulge

fanning machine

flow fan

winnow mill

tuuletin

hot head

crazy about

exhaust fan

Dažnis

Tariama kaip (IPA)

/fæn/

table Inherited from Middle English fan, inherited from Old English fann (“a winnowing, fan”), derived from Latin vannus (“fan for winnowing grain”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). cognates *Latin ventus (“wind”) *Dutch wan (“winnowing basket”) *German Wanne (“winnowing basket”) *Swedish vanna (“a fan for winnowing”) *Old English windwian (“to fan, winnow”). More at winnow.