'Fanned' definitions:

Definition of 'fanned'

From: WordNet
adjective
Especially spread in a fan shape; "the peacock's fanned tail"; "the spread-out cards" [syn: fanned, spread- out(a)]

Definition of 'Fanned'

From: GCIDE
  • Fan \Fan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fanned; p. pr. & vb. n. Fanning.] [Cf. OF. vanner, L. vannere. See Fan, n., Van a winnowing machine.]
  • 1. To move as with a fan. [1913 Webster]
  • The air . . . fanned with unnumbered plumes. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face of with a fan. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion. [1913 Webster]
  • Calm as the breath which fans our eastern groves. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat. --Jer. li. 2. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan excites a flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the excitement of the populace. [1913 Webster]
  • Fanning machine, or Fanning mill, a machine for separating seed from chaff, etc., by a blast of air; a fanner. [1913 Webster]

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