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WAN

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WAN  (wn)
n.
A communications network that uses such devices as telephone lines, satellite dishes, or radio waves to span a larger geographic area than can be covered by a LAN.

[w(ide) a(rea) n(etwork).]

wan  (wn)
adj. wan·ner, wan·nest
1. Unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress.
2. Suggestive or indicative of weariness, illness, or unhappiness; melancholy: a wan expression.
intr.v. wanned, wan·ning, wans
To become pale.

[Middle English, pale, gloomy, from Old English wann, gloomy, dark.]

wanly adv.
wanness n.

wan [wɒn]
adj wanner, wannest
1. (Medicine) unnaturally pale esp from sickness, grief, etc.
2. (Medicine) characteristic or suggestive of ill health, unhappiness, etc.
3. (Physics / General Physics) (of light, stars, etc.) faint or dim
vb wans, wanning, wanned
to make or become wan
[Old English wann dark; related to wanian to wane]
wanly  adv
wanness  n

WAN
abbreviation for
1. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) wide area network
2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering)
international car registration for (West Africa) Nigeria

WAN  (wn)
Short for wide area network.A communications network that uses such devices as telephone lines, satellite dishes, or radio waves to span a larger geographic area than can be covered by a LAN. The Internet is a WAN.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.WANWAN - a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
computer network - (computer science) a network of computers
Verb1.WANwan - become pale and sickly              
sicken, come down - get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"
Adj.1.wan - (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"
weak - wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar"
2.wan - abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed"
colorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful
3.WANwan - lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness; "a wan smile"
unanimated - not animated or enlivened; dull

wan
adjective
2. dim, weak, pale, faint, feeble The lamp cast a wan light through the swirls of fog.
Translations
wan [wɒn] ADJ [complexion, face] → pálido; [light] → tenue, pálido; [smile] → lánguido
she was feeling rather wanse sentía un poco indispuesto

wan [ˈwɒn] adj [face, person] → pâle; [smile] → faible before n

wan
adjbleich; light, smile, lookmatt

wan [wɒn] adj (gen) → pallido/a; (look, person) → triste
wan [wɒn] adj (gen) → pallido/a; (look, person) → triste

wan
adj wan [won]
pale and sickly-looking She still looks wan after her illness. vaal, sieklik شاحِب، باهِت блед bledý blegnæbbet blaß χλομός pálido, macilento; débil kahvatu خسته kelmeä pâle תָּשוּש पीला slab, bljedunjav hal(o)vány pucat fölur, gugginn pallido 青ざめた 창백한 nusibaigęs, pablyškęs bāls; slimīga izskata- pucat dan lesu bleek gusten, blek mizerny abatido palid бледный bledý bled bled glåmig ซึ่งซีดเผือดเนื่องจากความเจ็บป่วย solgun, benzi atmış 蒼白憔悴的 блідий; хворобливий زرد xanh xao
adv wanly
vaal بِشُحوب، بِصورةٍ باهِتَه бледо bledě blegnæbbet blaß χλομά pálidamente, macilentamente; débilmente kahvatult بطور خسته kalvakasti faiblement בְּתשִישוּת निस्तेज blijedo, izmučeno sápadtan, halványan dengan pucat veiklulega debolmente 青ざめて 파리한 모습으로 blyškiai, silpnai bāli; slimīgi dengan pucat bleek trist, svakt mizernie languidamente slab, fără putere бледно bledo medlo bledo glåmigt อย่างซีดเผือด solgun bir şekilde 蒼白地 хворобливо بے رونقی سے một cách nhợt nhạt
n wanness
vaalheid شُحوب бледост bledost blegnæbbethed die Blässe χλομάδα, θλίψη palidez; debilidad kahvatus خستگي kalvakkuus pâleur תְשִישוּת पीलापन bljedilo, izmučenost sápadtság, hal(o)ványság keadaan pucat fölvi pallore 青ざめていること 파리한 안색 blyškumas bālums; slimīgs izskats kepucatan bleekheid gustenhet, blekhet bladość abatimento paloare, paliditate бледнеть bledosť bledica bledilo glåmighet ความซีด; ความอ่อนแอ solgunluk 蒼白 хворобливість کمزوری sự nhợt nhạt


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There was Peg Barney sittin' on the groun' in his shirt - wan shoe off an' wan shoe on - whackin' a tent-peg over the head wid his boot, an' singin' fit to wake the dead.
He lives for the moment, and the moment is often wine-flushed like the rosy glow of dawn, or grey and wan as the twilight of a hopeless day.
Through the twilight, as he passed to and fro, he fancied more than once that the wan face of an old man, with wistful, sorrowing eyes, was floating somewhere before him
 
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