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| blade |
a thin, flat part, as of an oar or an electric fan. [1/4 definitions] |
| fan1 |
to stir or move with or as with a fan. [1/3 definitions] |
| fan2 |
A fan is a person who likes and is very interested in a particular sport or team or certain kinds of movies, books, or music. A person who likes someone who plays a sport or performs in some way is also called a fan. |
| palmetto |
a small palm that has leaves shaped like a fan. |
| peacock |
a male peafowl. It has a long, colorful tail, which it can raise and spread like a fan. [1/2 definitions] |
| peafowl |
a large Asian pheasant. The males have long colorful tails, which they can raise and spread like a fan. |
| personally |
If a famous actress answers her fan letters personally, it means that she answers her letters herself and doesn't have anybody else do it for her. If you deliver some flowers to your sick friend personally, you bring them to your friend's house yourself. You don't ask a delivery service or someone else to bring them. [1/3 definitions] |
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