fan
part of speech
noun (a fan, fans); verb (fan, fans, fanned, fanning)
meaning for a pupil
1) A fan is a person who likes a sport, team, singer, book or hobby very much. tree →
2) A fan is a machine with spinning blades that moves air to cool you down. tree →
3) A fan is a flat folding object you wave in front of your face to cool yourself. tree →
4) To fan means to move air towards something, or to spread out in a fan shape: fan out. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In these verses it means a tool for winnowing, which tosses grain in the air to blow the chaff away. Interpretation: The prophets use winnowing as a picture of God scattering and sifting the people. In the primary lessons: In everyday life: football fans, a fan club, a ceiling fan. In science, a fan does not make the air colder; it moves air over your skin so sweat evaporates faster and you feel cooler. In safety: keep fingers away from fan blades, and never fan a fire because more air makes it burn more. Phrases: a big fan of, fan club, fan mail, ceiling fan, fan out.
examples
- The oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savoury provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. (Prophets ISA.30.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- And I fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I bereave them of children, I destroy My people, since they return not from their ways. (Prophets JER.15.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- And I will send unto Babylon strangers, that shall fan her, and they shall empty her land; for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. (Prophets JER.51.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- I am a big fan of that football team. tree →
- Turn on the fan, it is hot. tree →
- The fans cheered when we scored. tree →
- She waved a paper fan. tree →
- The ceiling fan spins slowly. tree →
- Keep your fingers away from the fan. tree →
- The search team fanned out across the field. tree →
- The author got lots of fan mail. tree →
- The old man now stood up and opened his fan and began to dance. tree →
note
Countable. «Fan» for a supporter comes from «fanatic». Science trap: a fan cools people, not rooms; it does not lower the air temperature. «A fan of» = someone who likes.
In the corpora
- Sharing where a famous person lives is wrong; being a fan gives nobody that right.
- Until the film makers announce it, who plays James Bond is only guessing by fans and betting sites.
- The Grammy Awards are voted on by members of the Recording Academy, people who work in music, not by fans.
- Pop and rock concerts are loud and crowded; big festivals run for several days with many stages, and many fans wear earplugs.
- Bees carry it home, pass it from bee to bee and fan it with their wings until most of the water is gone.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fan» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.