fannoun [ C ]
uk/fæn/us/fæn/fan noun [ C ] (PERSON)
A2 someone who admires and supports a person, sport, sports team, etc.:
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- I've never been a huge fan of opera.
- His most devoted fans think of Morrissey as a sort of god.
- The victorious team were loudly cheered by their fans.
- He's an avid football fan.
- As we came into the arena, we were jostled by fans pushing their way towards the stage.
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Admirers
- admirer
- devotee
- fan club
- fanboy
- fandom
- fangirl
- fans' favourite
- fansite
- flatterer
- follower
- following
- hanger-on
- party faithful
- secret admirer
- stan
- worshipper
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fan noun [ C ] (OBJECT/PIECE OF EQUIPMENT)
B1 an electric device with blades that turn quickly, used to move the air around:
an object made of folded paper or other material that you wave with your hand in order to move the air around :
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Machines - general words
- 3-D printer
- automatic
- backhoe
- bot
- cash machine
- cement mixer
- cloud chamber
- compactor
- contraption
- cotton gin
- crank
- derrick
- gadget
- humidifier
- lift
- Mk
- rotor
- selector
- sensitive
- vending machine
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fanverb [ T ]
uk/fæn/us/fæn/-nn-fan verb [ T ] (AIR)
to wave a fan, or something that acts as a fan, in front of your face:
to blow air at a fire to make it burn more strongly
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Shaking, swinging and vibrating
- agitate
- brandish
- churn
- flourish
- fluff sth up
- jitter
- joggle
- resonate
- reverberate
- rocky
- shake
- stir
- stir sth up
- swing
- teeter
- throb
- totter
- tremble
- tremulous
- wag
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fan verb [ T ] (MAKE WORSE)
literary to encourage bad emotions or behaviour to get worse:
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Deteriorating and making worse
- a step backwards idiom
- a turn of the screw idiom
- add
- afford
- aggravate
- backslide
- compound
- decline
- degrade
- disintegrate
- dog
- downgrade
- downhill
- exacerbate
- regress
- relapse
- retrograde
- retrogress
- run yourself down
- slip
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