Past tense of fan
regular verb
The past tense of fan is fanned. The past participle is also fanned.
Forms of fan
| Base form (V1) | fan /fæn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | fanned /fænd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | fanned /fænd/ |
| Present participle | fanning /ˈfænɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | fans /fænz/ |
Fanned in a sentence
- We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind.
- But anger on the contrary is much more fanned by what angry persons do.2021, Plutarch's Morals. From the entry fanned
- She was upside down, her hair fanned out and trailing in a puddle about a foot deep.1989, Lieberman, Herbert H, Shadow dancers : a novel, Little, Brown, page 4. From the entry gumwrapper
- Bridget fanned her face in a very exaggerating way.2023, Alison Bellringer, The Bronson Escapades. From the entry exaggerating
- Its head was rounder and larger, its tail more fanned.2006, Jan Deblieu, Year of the Comets: A Journey from Sadness to the Stars. From the entry fanned
Meaning of fan
- noun 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.
- noun An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
- noun The action of fanning; agitation of the air.
Questions about the past tense of fan
- What is the past tense of fan?
- The past tense of fan is fanned.
- What is the past participle of fan?
- The past participle of fan is fanned.
- Is fan a regular or irregular verb?
- Fan is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fan (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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