Fanned
[fænd]
Definition
(adj.) especially spread in a fan shape; 'the peacock's fanned tail'; 'the spread-out cards' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Fan
Edited by Ethelred
Examples
- I uncovered it, and a gentle breeze quickly fanned it into a flame. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- She thought, I suppose, that I was one of those poor sickly women who like to lie on rose leaves, and be fanned all day. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The other three came behind him, fanned out through the timber. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He fanned away the smoke of his pipe, that he might get a better view of me, and soon recognized me with great delight. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You look like Balzac's '_Femme Peinte Par Elle-Meme_', he said, as he fanned her with one hand and held her coffee cup in the other. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She was hot; she fanned herself; complained of want of air and space. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Edited by Ethelred