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Meaning of wan

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  wan
      adj 1: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or
             feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun";
             "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks
             fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the
             pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn" [syn:
             {pale}, {pallid}, {wan}, {sick}]
      2: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or
         emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her
         wan face suddenly flushed" [syn: {pale}, {pallid}, {wan}]
      3: lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness;
         "a wan smile"
      n 1: a computer network that spans a wider area than does a
           local area network [syn: {wide area network}, {WAN}]
      v 1: become pale and sickly

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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