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1. fæn
noun
1) (a flat instrument held in the hand and waved to direct a current of air across the face in hot weather: Ladies used to carry fans to keep themselves cool.) vifte2) (a mechanical instrument causing a current of air: He has had a fan fitted in the kitchen for extracting smells.) vifte, ventilator2. verb1) (to cool (as if) with a fan: She sat in the corner, fanning herself.) vifte2) (to increase or strengthen (a fire) by directing air towards it with a fan etc: They fanned the fire until it burst into flames.) puste på, få til å flamme oppII fæn noun(an enthusiastic admirer of a sport, hobby or well-known person: I'm a great fan of his; football fans; (also adjective) fan mail/letters (= letters etc sent by admirers).) fan, beundrer, tilhenger, entusiastventilatorIsubst. \/fæn\/1) vifte2) (teknikk) ventilator, vifte, blåser• electric fan3) (landbruk) frørensemaskin, kornrensemaskin4) (sjøfart, luftfart) propell(blad)5) (på vindmølle) vingehjul6) (geologi, også alluvial fan) alluvialvifte, avleiringskjegle, avleiringsviftefan dance (gammeldags) (naken)dans med store håndvifterhit the fan komme ut (bli plutselig vanskelig, flaut eller problemfylt)when the shit hits the fan (vulgært) når helvete bryter løs, når det blir riktig jævligIIsubst. \/fæn\/1) (hverdagslig) fan, supporter, entusiast, tilhenger, beundrer• he receives tons of fan mailhan mottar tonnevis av fanpost2) (nedsettende) fanatiker, -idiot• he is a complete football fanhan er en fullstendig fotballidiotIIIverb \/fæn\/1) vifte• she fanned away the fly• fan oneselfvifte seg• the wind fanned my facevinden viftet meg i ansiktet, vinden blåste svalende på ansiktet mitt2) (også overført) få til å flamme opp, blåse liv i, puste til, blåse opp, egge opp, oppflamme• fan the fire to make it burn• saying that is just going to fan his passionå si det vil bare få følelsene hans til å flamme opp3) spre i vifteform, legge i vifteform• fan the cards4) (landbruk) rense (korn), blåse bort (agner)5) (amer., hverdagslig) skulke, skite i• I fanned my Spanish class this morningjeg skulka spansktimen i dag tidligfan out spre i vifteform, spre segfan something (away) from vifte noe bort frafan the air fekte med armene i luften uten å treffe
English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.