fan out

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

fan out - move outward; "The soldiers fanned out" diffuse, spread out, spread spread, distribute - distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country" percolate - spread gradually; "Light percolated into our house in the morning" creep - grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface); "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings" bleed, run - be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run" mantle - spread over a surface, like a mantle

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fan ¹

verb

To move or arrange so as to cover a larger area.Also used with out:

expand, extend, open (out or up), outstretch, spread, stretch, unfold, unroll.

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Translations

spargersi

w>fan out

vi (searchers etc) → ausschwärmen

vt sep feathers → fächerförmig aufstellen; cards → fächerförmig ausbreiten

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