Meaning of Fan | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A diminutive of Frances
2. A unit of length, equivalent to 0.1 tsun (0.01 chek), or 0.00371475 metres.
   Hong-Kong, dated
3. A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.
4. A diminutive of Frances.
5. A county of Puyang, Henan, China.
6. 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.
7. The station code of Fanling in Hong Kong.
8. Initialism of file area network.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
9. A county of Puyang, Henan, China
10. A surname from Mandarin.
11. An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
12. Initialism of free amino nitrogen, amino acids available for yeast metabolism.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
13. The action of fanning; agitation of the air.
14. A surname from Mandarin
15. Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
16. An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
17. A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock mill always in the direction of the wind.
18. A section of a tree having a finite number of branches

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Examples

“He didn't switch on the fan because the temperature was 15 degrees Celsius.”

“"If I cannot be of service, then I certainly don't wish to impose," said McGinty, with a quick fan of breeze that indicated a sweeping bow.”

“The oxen likewise and the yong asses that eare the ground, shall eate cleane prouender which hath bene winnowed with the shouell and with the fanne.”

“Whose fanne is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floore, and gather his wheat into the garner: but wil burne vp the chaffe with vnquenchable fire.”

“I am a big fan of libraries.”

“I am a big fan of cricket.”

“1 chek (foot) = 14⅝ English inches divided into 10 tsün (inches) and each tsün into ten fan or tenths.”

“I see now what brings you about our house so much. You want to get hold of Fan and her business and little savings for yourself, do you?”

“Listen, Fan. That cowardly, sickly little boy you fought for in the street, that day in Winnebago, showed every sign of growing up a cowardly, sickly man.”

“In a report boasting of the rich supply of commodities in Fan County of Honan Province , the Peiping Ta Kung Pao of 1 December 1965 pointed out: “ Within 10 days before the autumn festival of this year, the commercial organs in Fan County[...]”

“In a commune in Fanxian county, Henan province, a low-incidence area, two cases of pharyngoesophageal cancer were detected among 11,399 chickens over 6 months of age, showing an incidence rate of 17.55 per 100,000.”

“In 341 B. C., King Wei of Qi chose Tian Ji and Tian Ying as general, Sun Bin as military counselor to lead the troops in fighting against Wei to rescue Han. Again, they gave Wei a severe blow at Maling (to the southwest of modern Fan County, Henan Province).”

The History and Civilization of China

“A young entrepreneur who stunned friends and family by quitting his job in Beijing to be a farmer in his hometown of Fan county has made himself a multimillionaire selling organic produce,[…]”

“They found that the concentration of iron, manganese, selenium and zinc in groundwater exceeded the standards in some of the study areas, including Wucheng County, Dong'e County, Guan County and Yucheng City in Shandong, as well as Fan County in Henan.”

“The average trip expense per time for each patient from Fan County People’s Hospital of Puyang City or Zhenping County People’s Hospital of Nanyang City to Henan Provincial People’s Hospital by common transportation vehicles was 100 RMB.”

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