To slap (a behind, especially).
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 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 strike out (a batter).
To winnow grain.
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
To insult, belittle, or demean.
To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.
To euthanize (an animal).
To make prices, or taxes, lower.
To pay.
To terminate a call; to hang up.
To give something as a reason for something else.
To add a name to a list.
To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
To land.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, down.
To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially.
To write (something).
To place a baby somewhere to sleep.
To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book).