fan out

/fæn aʊt/

Other forms: fanning out; fans out

Definitions of fan out

1. verb

   move outward
   “The soldiers fanned out”

   synonyms: diffuse, spread, spread out

   types:

   percolate

   spread gradually

   creep

   grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)

   bleed, run

   be diffused

   mantle

   spread over a surface, like a mantle

   crock

   release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric

   type of:

   distribute, spread

   distribute or disperse widely