fan out
See also: fanout
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]fan out (third-person singular simple present fans out, present participle fanning out, simple past and past participle fanned out)
- (transitive, intransitive, also figurative) To spread out into the shape of a fan.
- 1963 June, “News and Comment: Sheffield scheme progress”, in Modern Railways, page 368:
- West of the summit the cutting fans out at the entrance to the new yard on the north side.
- 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 188, about Flamborough:
- Its streets fan out towards the clifftops, and its sheltered North Landing harbours open-decked fishing boats, called 'cobles'.
- 2023 March 8, Chris Howe, “Building the platform for Old Oak Common's platforms”, in RAIL, number 978, page 60:
- Although the platforms for the station will be 450 metres, the full length of the 850-metre box is to allow the tracks to fan out and switches to be installed, so that the trains can reach each of the six platforms.
- (slang) To display (or reveal) oneself as a fan or obsessive.
- 2023 July 24, Elise Solé, “Should you worry if your teen is a 'stan'?”, in Today.com[1]:
- A 2014 study published by Innovations in Clincal Neuroscience, however, pointed to "narcissistic features, dissociation, addictive tendencies, stalking behavior, and compulsive buying" among people who fan out over celebrities.
Translations
[edit]to spread out in the shape of a fan
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