(n.) An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface
(n.) An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the figure of a section of a circle.
(n.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel.
(n.) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
(n.) Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a peacock's tail, a window, etc.
(n.) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.
(n.) That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan, as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames, heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the flame of his passion.
(n.) A quintain; -- from its form.
(n.) To move as with a fan.
(n.) To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face of with a fan.
(n.) To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion.
(n.) To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat.
(n.) To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan axcites a flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the excitement of the populace.
Example Sentences:
(1) The data collection scheme for the scanner uses multiple rotations of a linearly shifted, asymmetric fan beam permitting user-defined variable resolution.
(2) I first saw them live at the location of the terror attack, Manchester Arena – then the MEN – aged 15, a teen at a gig with my friends, as many of the Grande’s fans were.
(3) Will the United fans' eternal favourite soon add his voice to that of 140,000 fans?
(4) In some ways, the Gandolfini performance that his fans may savour most is his voice work in Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are (2009), the cult screen version of Maurice Sendak 's picture book classic – he voiced Carol, one of the wild things, an untamed, foul-mouthed figure.
(5) HTC needs to move from being star struck fan to star of its own ads.
(6) For now however, what’s left of their fan base are enjoying a rare burst of sunshine.
(7) Still, there are some aspects of Palin’s channel to recommend it to the devoted movement conservative that isn’t necessarily already a fan of hers – especially its obviating the need to resort to Palinology.
(8) Superman fans are up in arms at the decision of the publisher to appoint a noted anti-gay writer to pen the Man of Steel's latest adventures.
(9) Comparative clinical studies on temporomandibular joints (TMJ) between the LEGP and fan beam collimators also confirm the superior image quality obtained with the fan beam collimator.
(10) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Whether Sia, Jason Derulo, Coldplay’s Chris Martin or Sir Elton John is in the passenger seat, Corden plays the part of a real fan with a deep knowledge of their discography.
(11) 3.14pm BST 14 mins: It's quite a pleasing thing that, some 22 years after the passback rule was put in place, fans still applaud a player heading the ball back to the keeper.
(12) But he won’t call.” Allardyce is also cynical about an offer from Swansea to compensate around 300 Sunderland fans who had booked trips to Wales before the date change.
(13) Thank you to Manchester United, not just the directors, coaching staff, medical staff, the players, the fans, all of you – you have been the most fantastic experience of my life, so thank you.
(14) A foretaste of discontent came when Florian Thauvin, the underachieving £13m winger signed from Marseille last summer , was serenaded with chants of ‘You’re not fit to wear the shirt” from away fans during Saturday’s FA Cup defeat at Watford .
(15) Two men were arrested before the north London derby as football fans clashed with police.
(16) There is even a version specifically for Manchester United fans ("This badge is your badge, this badge is my badge!").
(17) Colin Ellis, European economist at Daiwa Securities SMBC, said: "Today's PMI data will only fan the glimmers of hope that have started to appear in recent weeks.
(18) "I manage a great group of players, a great institution and great fans.
(19) It's only fair to note that Apple fans are ecstatic at the prospect.
(20) For Argyle the result confirmed their relegation to League One, with the rival fans left to ponder wildly differing prospects next season.
Robin
Definition:
(n.) A small European singing bird (Erythacus rubecula), having a reddish breast; -- called also robin redbreast, robinet, and ruddock.
(n.) An American singing bird (Merula migratoria), having the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also robin redbreast, and migratory thrush.
(n.) Any one of several species of Australian warblers of the genera Petroica, Melanadrays, and allied genera; as, the scarlet-breasted robin (Petroica mullticolor).
(n.) Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins. See Indian robin, below.
Example Sentences:
(1) Nick Robins, head of the Climate Change Centre at HSBC, said: "If you think about low-carbon energy only in terms of carbon, then things look tough [in terms of not using coal].
(2) Though the problems associated with Robin sequence may be numerous, especially if the primary cause of the sequence is a multiple anomaly syndrome, the most acute problems in affected newborns is upper airway obstruction.
(3) ... and the #housingstrategy on Twitter: Robin Macfarlane, a retired businessman: @MacfarlaneRobin House building should have been on the agenda from day one.
(4) Cape no longer has the monopoly on talent; the stars are scattered these days, and Franklin's "fantastically discriminating" deputy Robin Robertson can take credit for many recent triumphs, including their most recent Booker winner, Anne Enright.
(5) "This is a step I never thought I would see," said Prof Robin Ali , a molecular geneticist at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology in London.
(6) Top Gear, Robin Hood, Doctor Who, Primeval and Spooks were the company's top five highest-grossing shows sold internationally.
(7) The antibody, 636 (Robins et al., 1990), induced significant RTA cytotoxicity against MKN45 gastric carcinoma cells which express high levels of CEA, using the r-RTA at a concentration below that known to be intrinsically cytotoxic.
(8) The XI the Scot sent out featured no Robin van Persie, who was on the bench, while Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Chris Smalling, Danny Welbeck and Marouane Fellaini did not make the squad due to injuries.
(9) Signing up Round-robin emails encouraging web users to sign e-petitions have attracted hundreds of thousands of signatures.
(10) "Robin van Persie scored more than 30 goals [the season before last] and they were nowhere near the title.
(11) Responding to Golby's comments about Kingsnorth, the head of Greenpeace's climate and energy campaign, Robin Oakley, said: "E.ON has finally admitted that the plans for a new coal plant at Kingsnorth that it submitted to the government fall well short of what is needed and what is possible.
(12) August 11, 2014 The British actor and stand-up star, Eddie Izzard, tweeted: “Robin Williams has died and I am very sad.
(13) For the avoidance of any doubt, I will be asking this independent reviewer to examine all the evidence originally considered by Sir Robin and to establish whether his findings and recommendations still stand in the light of the new email evidence that has now emerged.” Under the law, schools are only permitted half a day’s notice of Ofsted inspections.
(14) "It is impossible to imagine this is not linked to the shooting down of the Malaysian airliner," said David Clark, chairman of the Russia Foundation and a former adviser to the Labour foreign secretary, Robin Cook.
(15) In a statement, Pamela Stephenson Connolly said: "Robin was one of the most uniquely brilliant and complicated comic artists the world has ever known.
(16) Robin Le Mare Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria • Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com
(17) The only downside was that his link-up play with Robin van Persie was noticeable for its absence.
(18) In the round-robin format, eight laboratories used the proposed method to test each of five protective clothing materials against five liquid chemicals that are widely used commercially.
(19) The results illustrate that the brain invasion is probably not hematogenic but rather due to a process of parasite migration from the subarachnoidal space over the Virchow-Robin spaces into the brain.
(20) Henry McDonald reports from Dublin: Leftwing Labour TDs and a member of the European parliament urged the government today to impose a new 48% income tax on those who earn more than €100,000 a year and a Robin-Hood-style bankers' tax on financial transactions.