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fanning the fire

fanning the fire is the present participle and gerund 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 fanning the fire

What is fanning the fire the present participle and gerund of?
Fanning the fire is the present participle and gerund of fan the fire.

Words near fanning the fire in the dictionary

  1. fanning
  2. Fanning Island
  3. fanning mill
  4. fanning mills
  5. fanning out
  6. fanning the fire
  7. fanning the flame
  8. fanning the flames
  9. fannings
  10. Fannins
  11. fannish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fanning 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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