ALL meanings of wan
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W w - 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