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1. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
    
2. An enthusiastic devotee of sports
   - sports fan, rooter
    
3. An ardent follower and admirer
   - buff, devotee, lover

1. (baseball) strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)
    
2. Make (an emotion) fiercer
   "fan hatred"
    
3. Agitate the air
    
4. Blow away or off with a current of air
   "The speaker ceased to be an amusing little gnat to be fanned away and was kicked off the forum";
   - winnow

Derived forms: fans, fanning, fanned

Type of: acolyte, agitate, compound, deepen, device, enthusiast, follower, heighten, intensify, partisan, partizan, remove, shake, strike out, take, take away, withdraw

Part of: cooling system, engine cooling system, followers, following

Encyclopedia: Fan, Mirdite