Fan Meaning in German

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1. (n.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel.
2. (n.) To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion.
3. (n.) To move as with a fan.
4. (n.) An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the figure of a section of a circle.
5. (n.) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.
6. (n.) An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface
7. (n.) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
8. (n.) A quintain; -- from its form.
9. (n.) That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan, as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames, heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the flame of his passion.
10. (n.) To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face of with a fan.
11. (n.) To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan axcites a flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the excitement of the populace.
12. (n.) To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat.
13. (n.) Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a peacocks tail, a window, etc.

1. () Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts.