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fan
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[ noun ] a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
Used in print (A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)The sections were then thawed by placing a finger under the slide and dried under a fan for 30_minutes ; until used they were stored for as_long_as 2 weeks . After drying the sections under the fan , fixing in acetone , and drying at 37 ` as in the indirect method , the sections were treated with conjugated * * f or * * f ( undiluted unless mentioned otherwise ) for 5 - 30_minutes . (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)Once there had been big glittering rooms where Ulanys bowed and kissed the ladies ' hands as they flirted from behind their fans . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (baseball) strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher) in baseball
Synonyms Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)With one down in the eighth , Marv_Throneberry drew a walk and stole second as Hyde fanned Tuttle . John_Powell , batting for Adair , fanned after fouling off two 2 - and 2 pitches , and Buddy_Barker , up for Stepanovich , bounced_out sharply to Jerry_Lumpe at second to end the 2 - hour and - 27 - minute contest . (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)Nischwitz fanned six and walked only Charley_Hinton in the third inning . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an ardent follower
Synonyms Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)So the Kirov will fly back to Russia , minus a Chicago engagement , a serious loss for dance fans - and for the frustrated bookers , cancellation of one of the richest bookings in the country . (The Christian Science Monitor,...)`` Chicago and All That Jazz '' may have wound_up satisfying neither the confirmed fan nor the inquisitive newcomer . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Once you become an avocado fan , you will look_forward to the season each_year with eager anticipation . |
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[ noun ] (sport) an enthusiastic devotee of sports
Synonyms Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)He came all_the_way around on Gardner 's hit before 5777 fans . This is an issue which boils_down to a matter of opinion , depending_on whether you 're an American or National fan and anti or pro Yankee . You would be surprised how many fans purposely stayed away from Bears_Stadium last year because of the television policy . Related terms |
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[ verb ] make fiercer; as of emotions
Examples "fan hatred" Used in print (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)1 ) Most_of the legends that are created to fan the fires of patriotism are essentially propagandistic and are not folk legends at_all . Naturally , such scholarly facts are of little concern to the man trying to make money or fan patriotism by means of folklore . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 9705
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