Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 7
Fan (n.) An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the figure of a section of a circle.
Fan (n.) (Mach.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel.
Fan (n.) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
Fan (n.) Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a peacock's tail, a window, etc.
Fan (n.) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.
Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. -- Is. xxx. 24.
Fan (n.) That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan, as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames, heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the flame of his passion.
Fan (n.) A quintain; -- from its form. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Fan blower, A wheel with vanes fixed on a rotating shaft inclosed in a case or chamber, to create a blast of air (fan blast) for forge purposes, or a current for draft and ventilation; a fanner.
Fan cricket (Zool.), A mole cricket.
Fan light (Arch.), A window over a door; -- so called from the semicircular form and radiating sash bars of those windows which are set in the circular heads of arched doorways.
Fan shell (Zool.), Any shell of the family Pectinid[ae]. See Scallop, n., 1.
Fan tracery (Arch.), The decorative tracery on the surface of fan vaulting.
Fan vaulting (Arch.), An elaborate system of vaulting, in which the ribs diverge somewhat like the rays of a fan, as in Henry VII.'s chapel in Westminster Abbey. It is peculiar to English Gothic.
Fan wheel, The wheel of a fan blower.
Fan window. Same as Fan light (above).
Electric fan. A fan having revolving blades for propelling air, powered by an electric motor.
Fanned (imp. & p. p.) of Fan.
Fanning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fan.
Fan (v. t.) To move as with a fan.
The air . . . fanned with unnumbered plumes. -- Milton.
Fan (v. t.) To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face of with a fan.
Fan (v. t.) To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion.
Calm as the breath which fans our eastern groves. -- Dryden.
Fan (v. t.) To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat. -- Jer. li. 2.
Fan (v. t.) To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan axcites a flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the excitement of the populace.
Fanning machine, or Fanning mill, A machine for separating seed from chaff, etc., by a blast of air; a fanner.
Fan (n.) A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
Fan (n.) An enthusiastic devotee of sports [syn: sports fan, fan, rooter].
Fan (n.) An ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff, devotee, lover].
Fan (v.) Strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher).
Fan (v.) Make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred".
Fan (v.) Agitate the air.
Fan (v.) Separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field" [syn: winnow, fan].
Fan (n.) Without qualification, indicates a fan of science fiction, especially one who goes to cons and tends to hang out with other fans. Many hackers are fans, so this term has been imported from fannish slang; however, unlike much fannish slang it is recognized by most non-fannish hackers. Among SF fans the plural is correctly fen, but this usage is not automatic to hackers. ?Laura reads the stuff occasionally but isn't really a fan.?
Fan, () A winnowing shovel by which grain was thrown up against the wind that it might be cleansed from broken straw and chaff (Isa. 30:24; Jer. 15:7; Matt. 3:12). (See AGRICULTURE.)
Fanal (n.) A lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light.
Fanatic (a.) Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in opinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especially on religious subjects; as, fanatic zeal; fanatic notions.
But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last. -- T. Moore.
Fanatic (n.) A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of religion.
There is a new word, coined within few months, called fanatics, which, by the close stickling thereof, seemeth well cut out and proportioned to signify what is meant thereby, even the sectaries of our age. -- Fuller (1660).
Fanatics are governed rather by imagination than by judgment. -- Stowe.
Fanatic (a.) Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist" [syn: {fanatic}, {fanatical}, {overzealous}, {rabid}].
Fanatic (n.) A person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject" -- Winston Churchill [syn: {fanatic}, {fiend}].
Fanatical (a.) Characteristic of, or relating to, fanaticism; fanatic. -- {Fa*nat"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Fa*nat"ic*al*ness}, n.
Fanatical (a.) Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist" [syn: {fanatic}, {fanatical}, {overzealous}, {rabid}].
Fanaticism (n.) Excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions, on any subject, especially religion; religious frenzy.
Syn: See {Superstition}.
Fanaticism (n.) Excessive intolerance of opposing views [syn: {fanaticism}, {fanatism}, {zealotry}].
Fanaticized (imp. & p. p.) of Fanaticize.
Fanaticizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fanaticize.
Fanaticize (v. t.) To cause to become a fanatic.
Fanatism (n.) Fanaticism.
Fancied (v. t.) Formed or conceived by the fancy; unreal; as, a fancied wrong.
Fancier (n.) One who is governed by fancy.
Fancier (n.) One who fancies or has a special liking for, or interest in, a particular object or class or objects; hence, one who breeds and keeps for sale birds and animals; as, bird fancier, dog fancier, etc.
Fanciful (a.) 富於幻想的；想像的；奇異的；古怪的 Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects.
Fanciful (a.) Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme; a fanciful theory.
Fanciful (a.) Curiously shaped or constructed; as, she wore a fanciful headdress.
Gather up all fancifullest shells. -- Keats.
Syn: Imaginative; ideal; visionary; capricious; chimerical; whimsical; fantastical; wild.
Usage: Fanciful, Fantastical, Visionary. We speak of that as fanciful which is irregular in taste and judgment; we speak of it as fantastical when it becomes grotesque and extravagant as well as irregular; we speak of it as visionary when it is wholly unfounded in the nature of things. Fanciful notions are the product of a heated fancy, without any tems are made up of oddly assorted fancies, aften of the most whimsical kind; visionary expectations are those which can never be realized in fact. -- Fan"ci*ful*ly, adv. -{Fan"ci*ful*ness"> Fan"ci*ful*ly, adv. -{Fan"ci*ful*ness, n.
Fanciful (a.) Indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood" [syn: fanciful, notional].
Fanciful (a.) Not based on fact; unreal; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties" -- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "to create a notional world for oneself" [syn: fanciful, imaginary, notional].
Fanciful (a.) Having a curiously intricate quality; "a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers".
Fancify (v.) (v. t.) 加以講究或奇特的裝飾；(v. i.) 空想 Make more beautiful [syn: {fancify}, {beautify}, {embellish}, {prettify}] [ant: {uglify}].
Fanciless (a.) Having no fancy; without ideas or imagination.
Fancies (n. pl. ) of Fancy.
Fancy (n.) 愛好；迷戀 [C] [（+to）]；想像；想像力；幻想 [U] [C] The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or images; the power of readily and happily creating and recalling such objects for the purpose of amusement, wit, or embellishment; imagination.
In the soul Are many lesser faculties, that serve Reason as chief. Among these fancy next Her office holds. -- Milton.
Fancy (n.) An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit.
How now, my lord ! why do you keep alone, Of sorriest fancies your companoins making ? -- Shak.
Fancy (n.) An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression.
I have always had a fancy that learning might be made a play and recreation to children. -- Locke.
Fancy (n.) Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking.
To fit your fancies to your father's will. -- Shak.
Fancy (n.) That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
London pride is a pretty fancy for borders. -- Mortimer.
Fancy (n.) A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad. [Obs.] -- Shak.
The fancy, All of a class who exhibit and cultivate any peculiar taste or fancy; hence, especially, sporting characters taken collectively, or any specific class of them, as jockeys, gamblers, prize fighters, etc.
At a great book sale in London, which had congregated all the fancy. -- De Quincey.
Syn: Imagination; conceit; taste; humor; inclination; whim; liking. See Imagination.
Fancied (imp. & p. p.) of Fancy.
Fancying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fancy.
Fancy (v. i.) To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something without proof.
If our search has reached no farther than simile and metaphor, we rather fancy than know. -- Locke
Fancy (v. i.) To love. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Fancy (v. t.) 【口】想像，設想 [O4] [+v-ing]；猜想 [Y] [+（that）] To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.
He whom I fancy, but can ne'er express. -- Dryden.
Fancy (v. t.) To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners. "We fancy not the cardinal." -- Shak.
Fancy (v. t.) To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal).
He fancied he was welcome, because those arounde him were his kinsmen. -- Thackeray.
Fancy (a.) 別緻的；花俏的；花式的；需要高度技巧的Adapted to please the fancy or taste, especially when of high quality or unusually appealing; ornamental; as, fancy goods; fancy clothes.
Fancy (a.) Extravagant; above real value.
This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay fancy prices for giants. -- Macaulay.
Fancy ball, A ball in which porsons appear in fanciful dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons and nations.
Fancy fair, A fair at which articles of fancy and ornament are sold, generally for some charitable purpose.
Fancy goods, Fabrics of various colors, patterns, etc., as ribbons, silks, laces, etc., in distinction from those of a simple or plain color or make.
Fancy line (Naut.), A line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff; -- used to haul it down.
Fancy roller (Carding Machine), A clothed cylinder (usually having straight teeth) in front of the doffer.
Fancy stocks, A species of stocks which afford great opportunity for stock gambling, since they have no intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in their prices are artificial.
Fancy store, One where articles of fancy and ornament are sold.
Fancy woods, The more rare and expensive furniture woods, as mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, etc.
Fancy (a.) Not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes" [ant: plain].
Fancy (n.) Something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy" [syn: illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancy].
Fancy (n.) A kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination.
Fancy (n.) A predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey" [syn: fondness, fancy, partiality].
Fancy (v.) Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" [syn: visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image].
Fancy (v.) Have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window" [syn: fancy, go for, take to].
Fancy-free (a.) Free from the power of love.
Fancymonger (n.) A lovemonger; a whimsical lover.
Fancy-sick (a.) Love-sick.
Fancywork (n.) Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc.
Fand () imp. of Find.
Fandangoes (n. pl. ) of Fandango
Fandango (n.) A lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish America. Also, the tune to which it is danced.
Fandango (n.) A ball or general dance, as in Mexico.
Fane (n.) A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church.
Fane (n.) A weathercock.
Fanega (n.) A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1/ to 2/ bushels; also, a measure of land.
Fanfare (n.) A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.
Fanfare (n.) [ C ] （通常指宣佈重要人物到場的）號角齊鳴 A loud, short piece of music played on brass instruments, often to announce something important.
Fanfare (n.) [ U ] Great attention to and interest in something.
// The new laws were passed after much fanfare.
// Riordan and his staff receive little fanfare for their work.
Fanfaron (n.) 吹牛者，大言不慚者 A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster.
Fanfaronade (n.) 大言不慚；虛張聲勢 A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster.
Fanfoot (n.) A species of gecko having the toes expanded into large lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot (Phyodactylus gecko) is believed, by the natives, to have venomous toes.
Fanfoot (n.) Any moth of the genus Polypogon.
Fang (a.) To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.
Fang (a.) To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
Fang (v. t.) The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider.
Fang (v. t.) Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
Fang (v. t.) The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth.
Fang (v. t.) A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.
Fang (v. t.) A projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it enters the handle.
Fang (v. t.) The valve of a pump box.
Fang (v. t.) A bend or loop of a rope.
Fanged (a.) Having fangs or tusks; as, a fanged adder. Also used figuratively.
Fangle (v. t.) Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.
Fangle (v. t.) To fashion.
Fangled (a.) New made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. [Obs., except with the prefix new.] See Newfangled.
Fangleness (n.) Quality of being fangled.
Fangless (a.) Destitute of fangs or tusks.
Fangot (n.) A quantity of wares, as raw silk, etc., from one hundred weight.
Fanion (n.) A small flag sometimes carried at the head of the baggage of a brigade.
Fanion (n.) A small flag for marking the stations in surveying.
Fanlike (a.) Resembling a fan;
Fanlike (a.) folded up like a fan, as certain leaves; plicate.
Fannel (n.) Same as Fanon.
Fanner (n.) One who fans.
Fanner (n.) A fan wheel; a fan blower. See under Fan.
Fan-nerved (a.) Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner; -- said of certain leaves, and of the wings of some insects.
Fanon (n.) A term applied to various articles, as: (a) A peculiar striped scarf worn by the pope at mass, and by eastern bishops. (b) A maniple.
Fan palm () Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts.
Fantabulous (a.) 【俚】極棒的；頂呱呱的；妙不可言的 Very good; of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first- class mind" [syn: excellent, first-class, fantabulous, splendid].
Fantail (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail.
Fantail (n.) Any bird of the Australian genus Rhipidura, in which the tail is spread in the form of a fan during flight. They belong to the family of flycatchers.
Fan-tailed (a.) Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon.
Fantasia (n.) A continuous composition, not divided into what are called movements, or governed by the ordinary rules of musical design, but in which the author's fancy roves unrestricted by set form.
Fantasied (a.) Filled with fancies or imaginations.
Fantasize (v.) (v. t.) 空想；想像；幻想；使幻想化 (v. i.) 幻想 Indulge in fantasies; "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company" [syn: {fantasy}, {fantasize}, {fantasise}].
Fantasize (v.) Portray in the mind; "he is fantasizing the ideal wife" [syn: {fantasize}, {fantasise}].
Fantasm (n.) Same as Phantasm.
Fantast (n.) One whose manners or ideas are fantastic.
Fantastic (a.) 想像中的，想像出來的；奇異的；古怪的；（計畫等）不現實的；荒唐的；荒誕的；極大的；難以置信的，驚人的；【口】極好的，了不起的 Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.
Fantastic (a.) Having the nature of a phantom; unreal. -- Shak.
Fantastic (a.) Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; as, fantastic minds; a fantastic mistress.
Fantastic (a.) Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque.
There at the foot of yonder nodding beech,
That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. -- T. Gray.
Syn: Fanciful; imaginative; ideal; visionary; capricious; chimerical; whimsical; queer. See Fanciful.
Fantastic (n.) 古怪的男子，奇怪的傢伙 A person given to fantastic dress, manners, etc.; an eccentric person; a fop. -- Milton.
Our fantastics, who, having a fine watch, take all ocasions to draw it out to be seen. -- Fuller.
Fantastic (a.) Ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror" [syn: antic, fantastic, fantastical, grotesque].
Fantastic (a.) Extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" [syn: fantastic, grand, howling(a), marvelous, marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous].
Fantastic (a.) Fanciful and unrealistic; foolish; "a fantastic idea of his own importance" [syn: fantastic, wild].
Fantastic (a.) Existing in fancy only; "fantastic figures with bulbous heads the circumference of a bushel"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: fantastic, fantastical].
Fantastic (a.) Extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance;
"Gaudi's fantastic architecture."