Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fan
Participle: fanned
Gerund: fanning
Indicative
Present
| I | fan |
| you | fan |
| he;she;it | fans |
| we | fan |
| you | fan |
| they | fan |
Perfect
| I | have fanned |
| you | have fanned |
| he;she;it | has fanned |
| we | have fanned |
| you | have fanned |
| they | have fanned |
Past
| I | fanned |
| you | fanned |
| he;she;it | fanned |
| we | fanned |
| you | fanned |
| they | fanned |
Pluperfect
| I | had fanned |
| you | had fanned |
| he;she;it | had fanned |
| we | had fanned |
| you | had fanned |
| they | had fanned |
Future
| I | will fan |
| you | will fan |
| he;she;it | will fan |
| we | will fan |
| you | will fan |
| they | will fan |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fanned |
| you | will have fanned |
| he;she;it | will have fanned |
| we | will have fanned |
| you | will have fanned |
| they | will have fanned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fan |
| you | fan |
| he;she;it | fan |
| we | fan |
| you | fan |
| they | fan |
Perfect
| I | have fanned |
| you | have fanned |
| he;she;it | have fanned |
| we | have fanned |
| you | have fanned |
| they | have fanned |
Imperfect
| I | fanned |
| you | fanned |
| he;she;it | fanned |
| we | fanned |
| you | fanned |
| they | fanned |
Pluperfect
| I | had fanned |
| you | had fanned |
| he;she;it | had fanned |
| we | had fanned |
| you | had fanned |
| they | had fanned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fan |
| you | would fan |
| he;she;it | would fan |
| we | would fan |
| you | would fan |
| they | would fan |
Perfect
| I | would have fanned |
| you | would have fanned |
| he;she;it | would have fanned |
| we | would have fanned |
| you | would have fanned |
| they | would have fanned |
Imperative
| you | fan |
| we | Let's fan |
| you | fan |
Verbs conjugated like 'fan'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'fan'
ban,
can,
ean,
fab,
fag,
fain,
fand,
fang,
fap,
fat,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Etymology
1. Inherited from Middle English fan, inherited from Old English fann (“a winnowing, fan”), derived from Latin vannus (“fan for winnowing grain”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).
2. Cognates
3. * Latin ventus (“wind”)
4. * Dutch wan (“winnowing basket”)
5. * German Wanne (“winnowing basket”)
6. * Swedish vanna (“a fan for winnowing”)
7. * Old English windwian (“to fan, winnow”).
8. More at winnow. See: Swedish '
vanna', Old English '
windwian'.
Verbs referencing "fan"
Spanish
abanar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] calm, as the boat went on; and a beautiful soft summer breeze passed like a compassionate spirit over her head,—the gentle breeze, that never inquires whether the brow is dusky or fair that it fans. And she saw sunshine sparkling on the water, in golden ripples, and heard gay voices, full of ease and pleasure, talking around her everywhere; but her heart lay as if a great stone had fallen on [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)