Meaning of fanwork | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Fan tracery.
   countable, uncountable
2. A creative work produced by a fan, based on a book, movie, television show, musical group, etc.
   countable, uncountable
3. A fan-shaped network of lines or projections.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“The chapel — a soaring, slender-shafted building, with fanwork upon its roof and an apse deep and pointed — seemed full of light, withal it was hung with black velvet.”

“There were bits of a vaulted roof with panelled fanwork and moulded ribs, recalling the Henry VII Chapel at Westminster.”

“Now the Grand High Witch removes her mask and wig: A hideous beak and a decrepit bodice of skin and bones, like the stone ceiling fanwork in a Gothic chamber, her blotchy scalp a moonscape fermenting cobwebs.”

“He smiled again, easily, dimples creasing his cheeks, and a tiny fanwork of lines crinkled the corners of his dark eyes.”

“The bud vase lay on its side near the bush; a lacy fanwork of roots had spread out over the tabletop, following the path of the spilled water.”

“He had three lines running across his forehead, and a fanwork of them radiating from the corner of each eye.”

“William saw Michaela's fanwork of The Powerpuff Girls, her favorite TV show of all time.”

“Fans often declare that they prefer fanon to what actually happens in canon and fanworks to the actual series, which is lackluster by comparison.”

“The result is a proliferation of fanworks that explore narratives of transgression as fans play with the permissibility of Supernatural's supernatural world.”

“Other factors contributing to the increased interest in dōjinshi and in fanworks were the development of fixed otaku landmarks and the spread of computers.”

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