fan

noun
/fæn/

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.

Other meanings

An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
“He didn't switch on the fan because the temperature was 15 degrees Celsius.”
The action of fanning; agitation of the air.

Kinds of fan

exhaust fan

Example sentences

“I'm not a fan of that band anymore.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“They surrendered to their most toxic fans.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0
“I turned the fan on.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “fan” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.