fanning
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfænɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ænɪŋ
Verb
fanning
- present participle of fan
Noun
fanning (plural fannings)
- The act by which something is fanned.
- 1764, James Grainger, The Sugar Cane
- Each shrub of shade, each tree of spreading root, / That woo the first glad fannings of the breeze.
- 1764, James Grainger, The Sugar Cane
- A very small fragment of tea leaf.
- 2013, Victor R. Preedy, Tea in Health and Disease Prevention
- Generally orthodox teas have four grades, namely whole leaf, broken leaf, fannings and dust.
- 2013, Victor R. Preedy, Tea in Health and Disease Prevention
Derived terms
- fanning mill