Antonyms for fan out
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fan |
| Phonetic Transcription : fæn |
- abbreviate
- abridge
- block
- cease
- check
- close
- compress
- conceal
- conclude
- condense
- constrict
- contract
- cover
- curtail
- cut
- decrease
- deflate
- degrade
- diminish
- disarrange
- discontinue
- disorder
- displace
- disturb
- end
- fall
- finish
- fold
- halt
- hide
- hinder
- hold
- keep
- lessen
- lose
- lower
- maintain
- narrow
- not use
- reduce
- restrict
- shorten
- shrink
- shrivel
- simplify
- stagnate
- stop
- take back
- tangle
- thin
- twist
- wind
- withhold
- wrap
Definition of fan out
Origin :- device to make an air current, Old English fann (West Saxon) "a basket or shovel for winnowing grain" (by tossing it in the air), from Latin vannus, related to ventus "wind" (see wind (n.1)).
- The chaff, being lighter, would blow off. Sense of "device for moving air" first recorded late 14c.; the hand-held version is first attested 1550s. A fan-light (1819) was shaped like a lady's fan.
- As in unfold : verb spread out
- As in deploy : verb redistribute, station troops or weapons
- As in expand : verb extend, augment
- As in extend : verb make larger, longer
- Fan out, be eyes and ears for the column moving into the Paris pike.
- Extract from : « Ride Proud, Rebel! » by Andre Alice Norton
- All operations will fan out north, south, and east from Le Havre.
- Extract from : « Dave Dawson with the Commandos » by R. Sidney Bowen
- Cut strips of straw or binders' board about four inches wide; glue them together; fan out and press.
- Extract from : « Paper-Cutting Machines » by Niel, Jr., Gray
- I met him the other evening at Mrs. De Mingle's select party, and he took my fan out of my hand and fanned himself with it.
- Extract from : « Pencil Sketches » by Eliza Leslie
- And thus, "the chaff being winnowed with the fan out of God's store, the good grain began to appear."
- Extract from : « The Story of the Crusades » by E. M. Wilmot-Buxton
- As Sally listened, turned dials, and waited, the broadcasters on the enemy subs began to fan out.
- Extract from : « Sally Scott of the Waves » by Roy J. Snell
- With just a little training he could fan out Babe Ruth nine times out of ten.
- Extract from : « Mystery Wings » by Roy J. Snell
- Twice in about thirty years the rings seem to disappear, and twice they fan out to their largest extent.
- Extract from : « The Mayor of Warwick » by Herbert M. Hopkins
- Susie fainted three times that morning, and Katie lost an hour in all, bringing water and making a fan out of a newspaper.
- Extract from : « The Witness » by Grace Livingston Hill Lutz
Synonyms for fan out
- add to
- aggrandize
- amplify
- arrange
- augment
- beef up
- bloat
- blow up
- bolster
- boost
- broaden
- bulk up
- burgeon
- carry on
- continue
- crane
- detail
- develop
- diffuse
- dilate
- disentangle
- display
- dispose
- distend
- drag one's feet
- drag out
- draw
- draw out
- elaborate
- elongate
- embellish
- enhance
- enlarge
- expand
- explicate
- extend
- fan
- fan out
- fatten
- fill out
- flatten
- form front
- go on
- grow
- heighten
- hike
- increase
- inflate
- last
- lengthen
- let out
- loosen
- magnify
- mantle
- mount
- multiply
- mushroom
- open
- open out
- outspread
- outstretch
- pad
- piggyback
- position
- prolong
- prolongate
- protract
- puff up
- put out patrol
- pyramid
- reel out
- release
- run on
- set out
- set up
- shake out
- slap on
- soup up
- spin out
- spread
- spread out
- stall
- straighten
- stretch
- stretch out
- string out
- supplement
- swell
- tack on
- take
- take battle stations
- thicken
- unbend
- uncoil
- uncrease
- uncurl
- undo
- unfold
- unfurl
- unravel
- unroll
- untwist
- unwind
- unwrap
- upsurge
- use
- utilize
- wax
- widen
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