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fan[2,verb] Fanning Tabuaeran

Main Entry: ²fan
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): fanned; fan·ning
transitive verb
1 a : to drive away the chaff of (grain) by means of a current of air b : to eliminate (as chaff) by winnowing
2 : to move or impel (air) with a fan
3 : to blow or breathe upon <the breeze fanning her hair>
4 a : to direct a current of air upon with a fan b : to stir up to activity as if by fanning : STIMULATE <fanning the fires of nationalism>
5 archaic : WAVE
6 slang : SPANK
7 : to spread like a fan <the peacock fanned his tail>
8 : to strike (a batter) out in baseball
9 : to fire a series of shots from (a single-action revolver) by holding the trigger back and successively striking the hammer to the rear with the free hand
intransitive verb
1 : to move like a fan : FLUTTER
2 : to spread like a fan -- often used with out <the searchers fanned out>
3 : STRIKE OUT 3
- fan·ner /'fa-n&r/ noun