Meaning of fan In English

• 0 someone who admires and supports a person, sport, sports team, etc.:

  • More than 15,000 Liverpool fans attended Saturday's game.

  • He's a great fan of country music.

  • I'm pleased to meet you - I'm a big fan of your work.

• 1 an electric device with blades that turn quickly, used to move the air around:

  • There was no air conditioning, just a ceiling fan turning slowly.

  • Fans are still used by many Spanish women during their hot summer as a means of keeping cool.

• 2 to wave a fan, or something that acts as a fan, in front of your face:

  • It was so hot in the car that I tried to fan myself with the road map.

  • She sat down and began fanning her face.

• 3 to encourage bad emotions or behaviour to get worse:

  • to fan the violence/hatred

  • The newspapers deliberately fanned the public's fears of losing their jobs.

• 4 to spread or open something out so it is in the shape of an open fan (= an object made of folded paper that you wave in front of your face to cool yourself down):

  • Male turkeys fan their tails to attract females.

  • In this trick, the magician fans out a deck of cards and asks you to pick a card.

• 5 a device to provide a flow of air, either an object that you wave in front of you or a device with blades that are turned by a motor:

  • a window fan

• 6 a person who is very much interested in and spends a lot of time watching or reading about esp. an entertainer or sports team:

  • a baseball fan

• 7 to wave a fan, or something that acts as a fan, in front of your face:

  • It was very hot in the car, so I fanned myself with the road map.