fan vs retire

fan

verb
  • To strike out (a batter). 

  • To dispel by waving a hand-held fan. 

  • To strike out. 

  • To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan. 

  • To perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun. 

  • To slap (a behind, especially). 

  • To invigorate, like flames when fanned. 

  • To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise. 

  • To apply (the air brake) many times in rapid succession. 

  • To winnow grain. 

noun
  • A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock mill always in the direction of the wind. 

  • An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc. 

  • Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail. 

  • A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport. 

  • An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away. 

  • The action of fanning; agitation of the air. 

  • 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. 

  • A section of a tree having a finite number of branches 

retire

verb
  • To make a play which results in a runner or the batter being out, either by means of a put out, fly out or strikeout. 

  • To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness. 

  • To cease use or production of something. 

  • To go back or return; to withdraw or retreat, especially from public view; to go into privacy. 

  • To fit (a vehicle) with new tires. 

  • To recede; to fall or bend back. 

  • To go to bed. 

  • To withdraw; to take away. 

  • To voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat. 

  • To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure. 

  • To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay. 

  • To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list. 

noun
  • The act of retiring, or the state of being retired. 

  • A place to which one retires. 

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