auffächern — meaning in English

English meaning

• disperse verb To scatter or spread out in different directions.
• fan noun A device, hand-held or powered, that moves air to cool someone or something down.

Senses

auffächern is used for these senses in English:

• disperse (physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.
• fan (intransitive, usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.

disperse — full definition

1. verb To scatter or spread out in different directions.
2. verb To spread information or resources widely.

fan — full definition

1. noun A device, hand-held or powered, that moves air to cool someone or something down.
2. noun A person who admires and follows a performer, team, or interest closely.
3. verb To move air onto something using a fan or a waving motion, or to spread out in a fan shape.

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