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ALL meanings of wan

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  • noun wan (of a person's complexion or appearance) pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion. 1
  • adjective wan complexion: pallid 1
  • adjective wan expression: weary 1
  • adjective wan action: feeble 1
  • adjective wan of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color: His wan face suddenly flushed. 1
  • adjective wan showing or suggesting ill health, fatigue, unhappiness, etc.: a wan look; a wan smile. 1
  • adjective wan lacking in forcefulness, competence, or effectiveness: their wan attempts to organize the alumni. 1
  • adjective wan Archaic. dark or gloomy. pale in color or hue. 1
  • verb wan a simple past tense of win1 . 1
  • noun wan wide-area network. 1
  • noun Technical meaning of wan (networking)   (WAN) A network, usually constructed with serial lines, extending over distances greater than one kilometre. Compare local area network, metropolitan area network. 1
  • noun wan The quality of being wan; wanness. 0
  • noun wan Eye dialect spelling of one, representing Ireland English. 0
  • noun wan (Ireland) girl or woman. 0
  • verb wan (Obsolete (No longer in use)) simple past tense and past participle of win. 0
  • adjective wan Pale, sickly-looking. 0
  • adjective wan Dim, faint. 0
  • adjective wan Bland, uninterested. 0
  • adjective wan If you describe someone as wan, you mean that they look pale and tired. 0
  • adjective wan unnaturally pale, esp from sickness, grief, etc 0
  • adjective wan characteristic or suggestive of ill health, unhappiness, etc 0
  • adjective wan (of light, stars, etc) faint or dim 0
  • verb wan to make or become wan 0
  • abbreviation WAN wide area network 0
  • abbreviation WAN Nigeria (international car registration) 0
  • noun wan wide area network: a computer network (sense 3) of geographically distant computers, terminals, etc. 0
  • adjective wan sickly pale; pallid 0
  • adjective wan faint or weak in a way suggestive of sickness or great weariness, sadness, etc. 0
  • adjective wan pale, dim, faint, etc. 0
  • verb transitive wan to make or become sickly pale 0
  • abbreviation WAN win 0
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