Creating current of air

verb

1. To drive away the chaff of (grain) by means of a current of air
2. To eliminate (chaff) by winnowing
3. To move or impel (air) with a fan
4. To blow or breathe upon

   "the breeze fanning her hair"

5. To direct a current of air upon with a fan
6. To stir up to activity as if by fanning stimulate

   "fanning the fires of nationalism"

7. Wave
8. Spank
9. To spread like a fan

   "the peacock fanned his tail"

10. To strike (a batter) out in baseball
11. To fire a series of shots from (a single-action revolver) by holding the trigger back and successively striking the hammer to the rear with the free hand
12. To move like a fan flutter
13. To spread like a fan
14. Strike out

geographical name

1. Island in the western Pacific in the Line Islands area 15 square miles (39 square kilometers), population 376

phrasal verb

1. To spread apart or to cause (something) to spread apart

   "The police fanned out across the park in search of the suspect."