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[tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fan/#m2) 3) A fan is a flat folding object you wave in front of your face to cool yourself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fan/#m3) 4) To fan means to move air towards something, or to spread out in a fan shape: fan out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fan/#m4) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In these verses it means a tool for winnowing, which tosses grain in the air to blow the chaff away. Interpretation: The prophets use winnowing as a picture of God scattering and sifting the people. In the primary lessons: In everyday life: football fans, a fan club, a ceiling fan. In science, a fan does not make the air colder; it moves air over your skin so sweat evaporates faster and you feel cooler. In safety: keep fingers away from fan blades, and never fan a fire because more air makes it burn more. Phrases: a big fan of, fan club, fan mail, ceiling fan, fan out. ### examples - The oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savoury provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. (Prophets ISA.30.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fan/#x1) - And I fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I bereave them of children, I destroy My people, since they return not from their ways. (Prophets JER.15.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fan/#x2) - And I will send unto Babylon strangers, that shall fan her, and they shall empty her land; for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. (Prophets JER.51.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fan/#x3) - I am a big fan of that football team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fan/#x4) - Turn on the fan, it is hot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fan/#x5) - The fans cheered when we scored. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fan/#x6) - She waved a paper fan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fan/#x7) - The ceiling fan spins slowly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fan/#x8) - Keep your fingers away from the fan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fan/#x9) - The search team fanned out across the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fan/#x10) - The author got lots of fan mail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fan/#x11) - The old man now stood up and opened his fan and began to dance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fan/#x12) ### note Countable. «Fan» for a supporter comes from «fanatic». Science trap: a fan cools people, not rooms; it does not lower the air temperature. «A fan of» = someone who likes. ### In the corpora - [Sharing where a famous person lives is wrong; being a fan gives nobody that right.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies/19/) - [Until the film makers announce it, who plays James Bond is only guessing by fans and betting sites.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/19/) - [The Grammy Awards are voted on by members of the Recording Academy, people who work in music, not by fans.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/12/) - [Pop and rock concerts are loud and crowded; big festivals run for several days with many stages, and many fans wear earplugs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs/7/) - [Bees carry it home, pass it from bee to bee and fan it with their wings until most of the water is gone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year/4/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «fan» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fan/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.