Definition of fan

"fan" in the noun sense

1. fan

a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces

2. sports fan, fan, rooter

an enthusiastic devotee of sports

3. fan, buff, devotee, lover

an ardent follower and admirer

"fan" in the verb sense

1. fan

strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)

2. fan

make (an emotion) fiercer

"fan hatred"

3. fan

agitate the air

4. winnow, fan

blow away or off with a current of air

"winnow chaff"

"The speaker ceased to be an amusing little gnat to be fanned away and was kicked off the forum"

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Quotations for fan

A fog cannot be dispelled with a fan. [ Japan. Proverb ]

I like that ancient Saxon phrase which calls
The burial ground, God's Acre! It is just;
It consecrates each grave within its walls.
And breathes a benison over the sleeping dust.
* * * * *
Into its furrows shall we all be cast.
In the sure faith, that we shall rise again
At the great harvest, when the archangel's blast
Shall winnow, like a fan, the chaff and grain. [ Longfellow ]

A fan is indispensable to a woman who can no longer blush.

The air of paradise did fan the house, and angels officed all. [ William Shakespeare ]

All's one to her; above her fan she'd make sweet eyes to Caliban. [ Aldrich ]

Amusements to virtue are like breezes of air to the flame - gentle ones will fan it, but strong ones will put it out. [ David Thomas ]

fan in Scrabble®

The word fan is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters fan:

FAN
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word fan

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The 32 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In fan

FAN
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FA
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AN
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FA
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AN
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fan in Words With Friends™

The word fan is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters fan:

FAN
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All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word fan

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The 33 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In fan

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AN
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AN
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Words within the letters of fan

2 letter words in fan (2 words)

3 letter words in fan (1 word)

fan + 1 blank (6 words)

Words containing the sequence fan

Words that end with fan (5 words)

Word Growth involving fan

Shorter words in fan

an

fa

Longer words containing fan

endosulfan

enfant enfantaphobe enfantaphobes

enfant enfantaphobia

enfant enfantaphobic enfantaphobics

enfant enfants

fanatic fanatical fanatically nonfanatically

fanatic fanatical fanaticalness

fanatic fanatical nonfanatical nonfanatically

fanatic fanaticism fanaticisms

fanatic fanaticize fanaticized

fanatic fanaticize fanaticizes

fanatic fanaticizing

fanatic fanatics

fanatic nonfanatic nonfanatical nonfanatically

fanbase fanbases

fanbelt fanbelts

fancied unfancied

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fancies fanciest

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fancification fancifications

fancified

fancifies

fanciful fancifully

fanciful fancifulness

fanciful overfanciful

fancify fancifying

fanciless

fancily

fanciness

fancy fancying

fancy fancymonger fancymongered

fancy fancymonger fancymongerer fancymongerers

fancy fancymonger fancymongeries

fancy fancymonger fancymongering

fancy fancymonger fancymongers

fancy fancymonger fancymongery

fancy fancywork fancyworks

fancy infancy

fancy nonfancy

fandangle fandangles

fandango fandangos

fanfare fanfares

fanfaronade fanfaronaded

fanfaronade fanfaronades

fanfaronading

fanfish fanfishes

fanflower fanflowers

fanfold fanfolded

fanfold fanfolding

fanfold fanfolds

fang defang defanged

fang defang defanging

fang defang defangs

fang fanged defanged

fang fanged firefanged

fang fangless

fang fangs defangs

fang fangs firefangs

fang firefang firefanged

fang firefang firefanging

fang firefang firefangs

fang newfangled newfangledly

fang newfangled newfangledness

fang newfanglement newfanglements

fanjet fanjets

fankle fankled

fankle fankles

fankling

fanlight fanlights

fanlike

fanmaker fanmakers

fanmaking

fanned unfanned

fanning

fanout fanouts

fans fanshape fanshaped

fans nonfans

fans tailfans

fans turbofans

fantail fantailed

fantail fantails

fantasia fantasias

fantasied

fantasies nonfantasies

fantasise fantasised

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fantasise fantasises

fantasising

fantasist fantasists

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fantasize fantasizer fantasizers

fantasize fantasizes

fantasizing

fantastic fantastical fantastically

fantastic fantasticate fantasticated

fantastic fantasticate fantasticates

fantastic fantasticating

fantastic fantastication fantastications

fantastic nonfantastic

fantasy fantasyland fantasylands

fantasy nonfantasy

fanzine

infant infanthood

infant infanticidal

infant infanticide infanticides

infant infantile

infant infantilisation

infant infantilise infantilised

infant infantilise infantilises

infant infantilising

infant infantilism

infant infantilization

infant infantilize infantilized

infant infantilize infantilizes

infant infantilizing

infant infantries

infant infantry infantryman

infant infantry infantrymen

infant infants

nonfan nonfanatic nonfanatical nonfanatically

nonfan nonfancy

nonfan nonfans

nonfan nonfantasies

nonfan nonfantastic

nonfan nonfantasy

profanation profanations

profane profaned unprofaned

profane profanely

profane profaneness

profane profaner profaners

profane profanes

profaning

profanities

profanity

selfanalyse selfanalysed

selfanalyse selfanalyser selfanalysers

selfanalyse selfanalyses

selfanalysing

selfanalysis

selfanalyze selfanalyzed

selfanalyze selfanalyzer selfanalyzers

selfanalyze selfanalyzes

selfanalyzing

selfanchor selfanchored

selfanchor selfanchoring

selfanchor selfanchors

selfannihilate selfannihilated

selfannihilate selfannihilates

selfannihilating

selfannihilation selfannihilations

selfantigen selfantigens

selfantonym

sulfanilamide sulfanilamides

sulfanilamidopyrimidine sulfanilamidopyrimidines

sulfanilaminothiazole sulfanilaminothiazoles

sulfanilguanidine

sulfanilic

sulfantimonide

tailfan tailfans

turbofan turbofans

zinfandel zinfandels