Fan and Wave

Fan

Fan verb - Agitate the air.

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Wave and fan are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wave" instead a verb "Fan".

Nearby Word: fanatic

Wave verb - To direct or notify by a movement or gesture.

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Fan and wave are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fan" instead a verb "Wave".

Nearby Words: waved, waving, wavy, wavelet, waveband

common	common fan	common wave
short	short fan	short wave
following	following fan	following wave
complete	complete fan	complete wave
Other adjectives: single, small, massive, large, big, great, enormous, huge, giant, bigger, electric.

In From Dusk Till Dawn, one of the vampire prostitutes opens a guy's throat with a razor fan in the first wave of everything going to hell.

Source: Combat Hand Fan
An early episode of Gintama has an increasingly irate Gintoki searching for a place to get a new electric fan after the one in his house breaks down during a heat wave.

Source: Heat Wave
He earned some fan support by being the only guy who stayed loyal to Palmer after he got thrown out by his own cabinet in the second season, but otherwise, he didn't make much of a wave.

Source: Mauve Shirt

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