Fan vs. Pan
Fannoun
A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
Fannoun
An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
Fannoun
Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
Fannoun
An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
Fannoun
A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.
Fannoun
(maths) A section of a tree having a finite number of branches
Fannoun
An admirer or aficionado, especially of a sport or performer; someone who is fond of something or someone.
Fanverb
(transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
Fanverb
(transitive) To slap (a behind, especially).
Fanverb
To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
Fanverb
A maneuver done by flicking the top rear of an old style gun.
Fanverb
(metaphoric) To invigorate.
Fanverb
To winnow grain.
Fannoun
An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface
Fannoun
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.
Fannoun
A quintain; - from its form.
Fanverb
To move as with a fan.
Fanverb
To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face of with a fan.
Fanverb
To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion.
Fanverb
To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat.
Fanverb
To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan excites a flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the excitement of the populace.
Fannoun
a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
Fannoun
an enthusiastic devotee of sports
Fannoun
an ardent follower and admirer
Fanverb
strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)
Fanverb
make (an emotion) fiercer;
Fanverb
agitate the air
Fanverb
separate from chaff;
Fannoun
an apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or ventilation
Fannoun
a small sail for keeping the head of a windmill towards the wind.
Fannoun
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
Fannoun
a thing resembling an open fan
Fannoun
a fan-shaped alluvial or talus deposit at the foot of a slope
Fannoun
a person who has a strong interest in or admiration for a particular person or thing
Fanverb
cool (someone or something) by waving an object to create a current of air
Fanverb
(of breath or a breeze) blow gently on
Fanverb
brush or drive away with a waving movement
Fanverb
swing unsuccessfully at the ball or puck
Fanverb
strike out (a batter)
Fanverb
increase the strength of (a fire) by blowing on it or stirring up the air near it
Fanverb
cause (a belief or emotion) to become stronger or more widespread
Fanverb
disperse or radiate from a central point to cover a wide area
Fanverb
spread out or cause to spread out into a semicircular shape
Pannoun
A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
Pannoun
The contents of such a receptacle.
Pannoun
A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
Pannoun
(Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
Pannoun
A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
Pannoun
(geography) a specific type of lake, natural depression or basin. They are sometimes associated with desert areas.
Pannoun
Strong adverse criticism.
Pannoun
A loaf of bread.
Pannoun
The chamber pot in a close stool; the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.
Pannoun
(slang) A human face, a mug.
Pannoun
(roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
Pannoun
A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
Pannoun
The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.
Pannoun
The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
Pannoun
(figurative) The brain, seen as one's intellect
Pannoun
(carpentry) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
Pannoun
The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil; hardpan.
Pannoun
A part; a portion.
Pannoun
(fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
Pannoun
A leaf of gold or silver.
Panverb
(transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
Panverb
(transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.
Panverb
(intransitive) With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.
Panverb
To beat one's opposition convincingly.
Panverb
(informal) To criticize harshly a work (like a book, movie, etc.)
Panverb
(intransitive) Of a camera, etc.: to turn horizontally.
Panverb
To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360 degrees from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
Panverb
(audio) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.
Panverb
To join or fit together; to unite.
Panadjective
(informal) Pansexual.
Pannoun
A part; a portion.
Pannoun
The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
Pannoun
A leaf of gold or silver.
Pannoun
The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See Betel.
Pannoun
A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for setting milk for cream, for frying or baking food, etc.; also employed for various uses in manufacturing.
Pannoun
A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum.
Pannoun
The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.
Pannoun
The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium.
Pannoun
A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
Pannoun
The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard.
Pannoun
A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud.
Panverb
To join or fit together; to unite.
Panverb
To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan.
Panverb
To criticise (a drama or literary work) harshly.
Panverb
To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; - usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly.
Panverb
To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly.
Panverb
To scan (a movie camera), usu. in a horizontal direction, to obtain a panoramic effect; also, to move the camera so as to keep the subject in view.
Pan
The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe (also called the pipes of Pan), which he is said to have invented.
Pannoun
cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
Pannoun
(Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus
Pannoun
shallow container made of metal
Pannoun
chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids
Panverb
make a sweeping movement;
Panverb
wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
Panverb
express a totally negative opinion of;
Pannoun
a god of flocks and herds, typically represented with the horns, ears, and legs of a goat on a man's body. His sudden appearance was supposed to cause terror similar to that of a frightened and stampeding herd, and the word panic is derived from his name.
Panverb
criticize severely
Panverb
wash gravel in a pan to separate out (gold)
Panverb
(of gravel) yield gold.
Panverb
swing (a video or film camera) in a horizontal or vertical plane, typically to give a panoramic effect or follow a subject
Panverb
(of a camera) be swung in a horizontal or vertical plane
