fanned

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of fan. Use this form for something that already happened.

   She fanned herself with a folded newspaper during the heat.

   The peacock fanned its bright tail feathers wide.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Spread out wide in a shape like an open hand fan.

   Like an open hand fan, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom.

   The plant's fanned leaves spread evenly toward the sunlight.

   She admired the neatly fanned pleats of the paper lantern.

   Similarsplayed, flared

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3. 3
   adjective

   Stirred up to a stronger, more intense feeling.

   Like a small fire that grows when you blow air on it.

   Their fanned anger soon spilled into an open argument.

   The fanned excitement of the crowd filled the whole stadium.

   Similarinflamed, stoked, heightened

   Oppositesubdued

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