cool (someone or something) by waving an object to create a current of air

he fanned himself with his hat

increase the strength of (a fire) by blowing on it or stirring up the air near it

fanned by an easterly wind, the fire spread rapidly

disperse or radiate from a central point to cover a wide area

the arriving passengers began to fan out through the town in search of lodgings

an apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or ventilation

a couple of ceiling fans, lazily turning

the kitchen may need to be fitted with an extractor fan

a handheld device, typically folding and shaped like a segment of a circle when spread out, that is waved so as to cool the person holding it

the girls were giggling behind their fans

a person who has a strong interest in or admiration for a particular person or thing

football fans

I'm a fan of this author

a member of a people inhabiting parts of Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon

the Bantu language of the Fang, with over 500,000 speakers