(mathematics) A section of a tree having a finite number of branches
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 person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.
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.
An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
The action of fanning; agitation of the air.
verb
(baseball, intransitive) To strike out.
(baseball, transitive) To strike out (a batter).
(firearms, transitive) To perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun.
(intransitive, usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
(metaphoric) To invigorate, like flames when fanned.
(rail transport, transitive) To apply (the air brake) many times in rapid succession.
(transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
(transitive) To dispel by waving a hand-held fan.
(transitive) To slap (a behind, especially).
To winnow grain.
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fen
intj
(obsolete) Used in children's games to prevent or forestall another player's action; a check or bar.
noun
(dated, fandom slang) Fans; a plural form used by enthusiasts of science fiction, fantasy, and anime, partly from whimsy and partly to distinguish themselves from fans of sport, etc.
(obsolete) A kind of mildew that grows on hops.
A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.
A unit of currency in China, one-hundredth of a yuan.
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fin
fin
noun
(UK, formerly Australia, slang) a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
(US, slang, dated) a five-dollar bill; the sum of five dollars.
(film, television, road signs) The finish, the end
(ichthyology) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
A similar structure on the tail of a bomb, used to help keep it on course.
A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
verb
(intransitive) (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
(intransitive) To swim in the manner of a fish.
(transitive) To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
(transitive) To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
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fmn
fnc
fnc
noun
(law) Initialism of forum non conveniens.
fon
fon
noun
(obsolete) A fool or idiot.
A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon.
fun
fun
adj
(informal) Enjoyable or amusing.
(informal) Whimsical or flamboyant.
noun
amusement, enjoyment or pleasure
playful, often noisy, activity.
verb
(colloquial) To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of.
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fyn
Noun
A molecule, present in the signalling pathway of integrins, activating ras.
inf
naf
nef
nef
adj
(algebraic geometry) Of a line bundle on a complete algebraic variety over a field: such that the degree of its restriction to every algebraic curve in the variety is non-negative.
noun
An extravagant table ornament and container used in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, made in the shape of a ship.
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nfd
nfd
adv
(demographics) Abbreviation of not further defined.