English verb: fan out | |||
1. | fan out (motion) move outward | ||
Samples | The soldiers fanned out. | ||
Synonyms | diffuse, spread, spread out | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | distribute, spread | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bleed, creep, mantle, percolate, run | ||