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fan
Overview of noun fan
The noun fan has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (4) fan -- (a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces)
2. (3) sports fan, fan, rooter -- (an enthusiastic devotee of sports)
3. (3) fan, buff, devotee, lover -- (an ardent follower and admirer)
Overview of verb fan
The verb fan has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (3) fan -- (strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher))
2. (2) fan -- (make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred")
3. (1) fan -- (agitate the air)
4. winnow, fan -- (separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fan
3 senses of fan
Sense 1
fan
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
sports fan, fan, rooter
=> enthusiast, partisan, partizan
=> supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend
=> advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
fan, buff, devotee, lover
=> follower
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun fan
3 senses of fan
Sense 1
fan
=> electric fan, blower
=> exhaust fan
=> punkah
Sense 2
sports fan, fan, rooter
=> aficionado
=> railbird
Sense 3
fan, buff, devotee, lover
=> aerophile
=> aficionado
=> amorist
=> bacchant, bacchanal
=> groupie
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fan
3 senses of fan
Sense 1
fan
=> device
Sense 2
sports fan, fan, rooter
=> enthusiast, partisan, partizan
Sense 3
fan, buff, devotee, lover
=> follower
Antonyms of noun fan
Member Holonyms of noun fan
1 of 3 senses of fan
Sense 3
fan, buff, devotee, lover
MEMBER OF: following, followers
Substance Holonyms of noun fan
Part Holonyms of noun fan
1 of 3 senses of fan
Sense 1
fan
PART OF: cooling system, engine cooling system
Member Meronyms of noun fan
Substance Meronyms of noun fan
Part Meronyms of noun fan
Meronyms of noun fan
Holonyms of noun fan
2 of 3 senses of fan
Sense 1
fan
PART OF: cooling system, engine cooling system
Sense 3
fan, buff, devotee, lover
MEMBER OF: following, followers
Attributes of noun fan
Derived Forms of noun fan
2 of 3 senses of fan
Sense 1
fan
RELATED TO>(verb) fan#3
=> fan
Sense 2
sports fan, fan, rooter
RELATED TO>(noun) fandom#1
=> fandom
Domain of noun fan
Domain Terms of noun fan
Familiarity of noun fan
fan used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun fan
3 senses of fan
Sense 1
fan
> device
=> acoustic device
=> adapter, adaptor
=> afterburner
=> agglomerator
=> airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface
=> alarm, warning device, alarm system
=> appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget
=> applicator, applier
=> aspergill, aspersorium
=> autopilot, automatic pilot, robot pilot
=> bait, decoy, lure
=> billiard marker
=> bird feeder, birdfeeder, feeder
=> blower
=> bootjack
=> breathalyzer, breathalyser
=> breathing device, breathing apparatus, breathing machine, ventilator
=> bubbler
=> buffer, fender
=> catapult, launcher
=> charger, battery charger
=> clip-on
=> comb
=> comforter, pacifier, baby's dummy, teething ring
=> conductor
=> contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device
=> converter, convertor
=> corer
=> corrective, restorative
=> crusher
=> cryptograph
=> cutoff
=> dampener, moistener
=> damper, muffler
=> data input device, input device
=> deflector
=> dental appliance
=> depressor
=> detector, sensor, sensing element
=> diestock
=> drive
=> drop forge, drop hammer, drop press
=> elastic device
=> electrical device
=> electronic device
=> energizer, energiser
=> exercise device
=> explosive device
=> fan
=> filter
=> fire extinguisher, extinguisher, asphyxiator
=> flare
=> fumigator
=> gas fixture
=> groover
=> guard, safety, safety device
=> heater, warmer
=> heat exchanger
=> holding device
=> hydrofoil, foil
=> imprint
=> indicator
=> instrument
=> interlock, ignition interlock
=> interrupter
=> jig
=> key
=> keyboard
=> Kinetoscope
=> knocker, doorknocker, rapper
=> lift
=> lifting device
=> lighter, light, igniter, ignitor
=> machine
=> magnet
=> mechanism
=> memory device, storage device
=> musical instrument, instrument
=> nest egg
=> noisemaker
=> optical device
=> override
=> paper feed
=> peeler
=> pick, plectrum, plectron
=> power takeoff, PTO
=> prod, goad
=> prompter, autocue
=> pull
=> reflector
=> release, button
=> remote control, remote
=> reset
=> restraint, constraint
=> router
=> runner
=> scratcher
=> shoehorn
=> shoetree
=> shooting stick
=> shredder
=> signaling device
=> snowshoe
=> sounder
=> source of illumination
=> stabilizer, stabiliser
=> stemmer
=> stencil
=> straightener
=> strengthener, reinforcement
=> stylus
=> support
=> sweatbox
=> synchroflash
=> take-up
=> teaser
=> throwing stick, throwing board, spear thrower, dart thrower
=> tilter
=> tongs, pair of tongs
=> trap
=> trigger
=> valve
=> vaporizer, vaporiser
=> ventilator
=> washboard
=> water cooler
Sense 2
sports fan, fan, rooter
> enthusiast, partisan, partizan
=> addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky
=> backslapper
=> balletomane
=> fanatic, fiend
=> gadgeteer
=> shutterbug
=> sports fan, fan, rooter
Sense 3
fan, buff, devotee, lover
> follower
=> camp follower
=> Cartesian
=> cultist
=> disciple, adherent
=> fan, buff, devotee, lover
=> flatterer, adulator
=> flunky, flunkey, stooge, yes-man
=> Freudian
=> Hegelian
=> inferior
=> Jacksonian
=> janissary
=> Jeffersonian
=> Jungian
=> Keynesian
=> Lamarckian
=> leech, parasite, sponge, sponger
=> Machiavellian
=> Mendelian
=> Mohammedan, Muhammedan, Muhammadan
=> myrmidon
=> Nestorian
=> Newtonian
=> regular
=> respecter
=> satellite, planet
=> sheep
=> Skinnerian
=> Stalinist
=> submitter
=> tagalong, hanger-on
=> vassal, liege, liegeman, liege subject, feudatory
=> Wagnerian
Meronyms of noun fan
3 senses of fan
Sense 1
fan
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 2
sports fan, fan, rooter
=> enthusiast, partisan, partizan
=> supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend
=> advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 3
fan, buff, devotee, lover
=> follower
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun fan
2 of 3 senses of fan
Sense 1
fan
PART OF: cooling system, engine cooling system
PART OF: motor vehicle, automotive vehicle
Sense 3
fan, buff, devotee, lover
MEMBER OF: following, followers
Grep of noun fan
alluvial fan
attic fan
electric fan
exhaust fan
fan
fan-jet
fan belt
fan blade
fan dance
fan fern
fan letter
fan mail
fan palm
fan tan
fan tracery
fan vaulting
fanaloka
fanatic
fanaticism
fanatism
fancier
fanconi's anaemia
fanconi's anemia
fancy
fancy-dress ball
fancy dress
fancy goods
fancy man
fancy woman
fancywork
fandango
fandom
fanfare
fang
fanion
fanjet
fanjet engine
fanlight
fannie farmer
fannie mae
fannie merritt farmer
fanny
fanny adams
fanny pack
fanny wright
fantail
fantan
fantasia
fantasist
fantasm
fantast
fantasy
fantasy life
fantasy world
fantods
fanweed
fanwort
kordofan
lorfan
miniature fan palm
motion-picture fan
sea fan
sports fan
turbofan
turfan
Antonyms of verb fan
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fan
4 senses of fan
Sense 1
fan
=> strike out
=> fail, neglect
Sense 2
fan
=> intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
=> increase
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 3
fan
=> shake, agitate
=> move
Sense 4
winnow, fan
=> sift, sieve, strain
=> separate
=> change integrity
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb fan
1 of 4 senses of fan
Sense 3
fan
=> winnow
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fan
4 senses of fan
Sense 1
fan
=> strike out
Sense 2
fan
=> intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
Sense 3
fan
=> shake, agitate
Sense 4
winnow, fan
=> sift, sieve, strain
'Cause To' of verb fan
Derived Forms of verb fan
1 of 4 senses of fan
Sense 3
fan
RELATED TO>(noun) fan#1
=> fan
Domain of verb fan
1 of 4 senses of fan
Sense 1
fan
TOPIC>(noun) baseball#1, baseball game#1
Domain Terms of verb fan
Familiarity of verb fan
fan used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb fan
4 senses of fan
Sense 1
fan
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
fan
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
fan
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
winnow, fan
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb fan
4 senses of fan
Sense 1
fan
> strike out
=> fan
=> whiff
Sense 2
fan
> intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
=> heat up, hot up, screw up
=> fan
=> enhance, heighten, raise
=> amplify
=> sharpen
=> sharpen, heighten
Sense 3
fan
> shake, agitate
=> fluff up, plump up, shake up
=> fan
=> tremble
=> tremor, quake
=> palpitate
=> convulse
=> sparge
=> succuss, shake up
=> concuss
=> rattle
=> convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate
=> jiggle, joggle, wiggle
Sense 4
winnow, fan
> sift, sieve, strain
=> rice
=> resift
=> riddle, screen
=> winnow, fan
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb fan
Sense 1
fan
=> strike out
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Sense 2
fan
=> intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
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Sense 3
fan
=> shake, agitate
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Sense 4
winnow, fan
=> sift, sieve, strain
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Grep of verb fan
fan
fan out
fancify
fancy
fancy up
fantasise
fantasize
fantasy
Grep of adj fan
fan-leafed
fan-leaved
fan-shaped
fanatic
fanatical
fancied
fancied up
fanciful
fancy
fancy-free
fang-like
fanged
fanlike
fanned
fantabulous
fantastic
fantastical
Grep of adv fan
fanatically
fancifully
fantastically
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