fan
1. a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces (Freq. 4)
• Hypernyms:
device
• Hyponyms:
electric fan, blower, exhaust fan, punkah
• Part Holonyms:
cooling system, engine cooling system
2. an enthusiastic devotee of sports (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
sports fan, rooter
• Derivationally related forms:
fandom
• Hypernyms:
enthusiast, partisan, partizan
• Hyponyms:
aficionado, railbird
3. an ardent follower and admirer (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
buff, devotee, lover
• Derivationally related forms:
love (for: lover), devote (for: devotee)
• Hypernyms:
follower
• Hyponyms:
aerophile, aficionado, amorist, bacchant, bacchanal,
groupie, metalhead
• Member Holonyms:
following, followers
1. strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher) (Freq. 3)
• Topics:
baseball, baseball game
• Hypernyms:
strike out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. make (an emotion) fiercer (Freq. 2)
- fan hatred
• Hypernyms:
intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. agitate the air (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
shake, agitate
• Hyponyms:
winnow
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
4. separate the chaff from by using air currents
- She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field
• Syn:
winnow
• Derivationally related forms:
winnow (for: winnow), winnowing (for: winnow)
• Hypernyms:
sift, sieve, strain
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
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