Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fan

4 senses of fan

Sense 1
fan -- (strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher))
       => strike out -- (put out or be put out by a strikeout; "Oral struck out three batters to close the inning")

Sense 2
fan -- (make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred")
       => intensify, compound, heighten, deepen -- (make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions")

Sense 3
fan -- (agitate the air)
       => shake, agitate -- (move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking")

Sense 4
winnow, fan -- (separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field")
       => sift, sieve, strain -- (separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour")

Antonyms of adj fanned

1 sense of fanned

Sense 1
fanned, spread-out (prenominal) -- (especially spread in a fan shape; "the peacock's fanned tail"; "the spread-out cards")

INDIRECT (VIA distributed) -> concentrated -- (gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore")

Similarity of adj fanned

1 sense of fanned

Sense 1
fanned, spread-out (prenominal) -- (especially spread in a fan shape; "the peacock's fanned tail"; "the spread-out cards")
       => distributed (vs. concentrated) -- (spread out or scattered about or divided up)