To strike out.
To dispel by waving a hand-held fan.
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 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 embellish.
To add saffron to (a food), for taste, colour etc.
To dye (a fabric, garment, etc.) with a saffron-based dye.
To give a saffron colour to (something).
To colour (a metal or wooden surface) with a gilding product containing saffron.
Having an orange-yellow colour.
An orange-yellow colour, the colour of a lion's pelt.
A spice (seasoning) and colouring agent made from the stigma and part of the style of the plant, sometimes or formerly also used as a dye and insect repellent.
The plant Crocus sativus, a crocus.