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fanned

fanned

4.3
Spread out like an open fan
  • adjective
  • /fænd/
translation icon : en abanico
  • The colorful postcards were fanned out on the display rack for customers to browse.

Examples

  • She arranged the feathers in a fanned display on the table.

  • The artist carefully painted the flowers in a fanned formation to enhance their beauty.

  • And then I went in with the Smashbox super fan fanned out mascara.

  • I do like a heavier eyelash look and I'm going to try to bring out my lashes to the side so I get more of a fanned effect.

  • For the one on the left there's a very distinct bird and for the one on the right there's either a fanned plant or a coxcomb.

Synonyms

fan-shaped
vsfanned
1 3.5

Shaped like a fan that spreads out from a center point

focuses on the action of opening outward rather than static form
spread-out
vsfanned
1 3.5

Arranged so they cover a wide area like papers fanned on a table

is limited to the specific open curved shape rather than general extension
fanlike
vsfanned
3.8

Shaped with parts spreading out from one point, like an open hand

is the specific open arrangement formed by opening outward from center
fan-leafed
vsfanned
  • Specialized
7.0

Having leaves shaped like a fan

is the general term for the same open curved shape beyond plants

How Fanlike

fanned
4.3
to open
∞ 1.0
closed
3 1.0

Surface Forms

fanned positive
fan positive

Morphology

fanned = fan (transparent) = fan + ed

The adjective 'fanned' is transparently derived from the verb 'fan', indicating something spread out like a fan.

Etymology

The word fanned comes from the simple word fan, the hand tool that opens and spreads out. So, to be fanned is to be 'spread out' in the shape of an open fan, like fanned feathers or fanned cards.