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fanned the fire

fanned the fire is the simple past and past participle of fan the fire.

Meaning of fan the fire

Verb

fan the fire (third-person singular simple present fans the fire, present participle fanning the fire, simple past and past participle fanned the fire)

  1. Synonym of fan the flames.
    Synonyms:
    fan the flames

Questions about fanned the fire

What is fanned the fire the simple past and past participle of?
Fanned the fire is the simple past and past participle of fan the fire.

Words near fanned the fire in the dictionary

  1. Fann
  2. fann'd
  3. fanne
  4. fanned
  5. fanned out
  6. fanned the fire
  7. fanned the flame
  8. fanned the flames
  9. fannel
  10. fannell
  11. fannells

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fanned the fire (page history and authors); fan the fire (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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