fanned
[feənd] ~ [fɛənd]UK/fænd/
fanned is the simple past and past participle of fan.
Adjective
fanned (comparative more fanned, superlative most fanned)
- Having a fan-line appearance.
- Its head was rounder and larger, its tail more fanned.2006, Jan Deblieu, Year of the Comets: A Journey from Sadness to the Stars
- The result is sometimes a very fanned, rough cutting surface [ 7 ] .2023, Peter Niemz, Alfred Teischinger, Dick Sandberg, Springer Handbook of Wood Science and Technology, page 606
- Brought into a more passionate or extreme state; invigorated.
- While high-status punishments have slowly driven out low-status treatment in Europe, harsh punishment became the ideal during the American Revolution that was more fanned by populism and puritan Christianity.2013, Liqun Cao, Ivan Y. Sun, Bill Hebenton, The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Criminology
- But anger on the contrary is much more fanned by what angry persons do.2021, Plutarch's Morals
Meaning of fan
Verb
fan (third-person singular simple present fans, present participle fanning, simple past and past participle fanned)
- To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
- We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind.
- To slap (a behind, especially).
- Part of it was that as much as I respected filial devotion and as much as I liked Sarah Barstow, it would have been a real satisfaction to put her across my knees and pull up her skirts and giver^([sic]) her a swell fanning, for not taking a look at that driver.1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, Bantam, published 1992, →ISBN, page 148
- To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
- To dispel by waving a hand-held fan.
- I attempted to fan the disagreeable odour out of the room.
- To perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun.
- To fan a single action revolver, hold down the trigger and strike the hammer repeatedly with a free hand.2011, Hans-Christoan Vortisch, GURPS Tactical Shooting, page 14
- To invigorate, like flames when fanned.
- She comes, to fan my ardour, She kills me with her kisses.1923, Arthur Symons, Love's Cruelty, page 43
Forms of fanned
| comparative | more fanned |
|---|---|
| superlative | most fanned |
Words formed from fanned
Phrases with fanned
Words that rhyme with fanned
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- outstand
- overhand
- bestand
- gland
- secondhand
- unscanned
- disband
- grand
- offhand
- unmanned
- unplanned
- aband
- aland
- firsthand
- lotus land
- lotusland
- misbrand
- planned
- redemand
- reland
- repand
- scanned
- shand
- tanned
- thirdhand
- withstand
- 2ndhand
- astrand
- at second hand
- banned
- counterdemand
- desand
- fand
- grande
- haircut band
- hand
- interstrand
- manned
- misunderstand
- multiplicand
- nonbrand
- operand
- overmanned
- overplanned
- panned
- preplanned
- rebrand
- replanned
Questions about fanned
- What does fanned mean?
- Fanned means having a fan-line appearance.
- What is fanned the simple past and past participle of?
- Fanned is the simple past and past participle of fan.
- What part of speech is fanned?
- Fanned is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce fanned?
- Fanned is pronounced /fænd/ (UK).
Words near fanned in the dictionary
Source and license
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