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Adjective wan has 3 senses

pale, pallid, wan - (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"
Antonym: strong (indirect, via weak)
pale, pallid, wan - abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed"
Antonyms: colorful, colourful (indirect, via colorless)
wan - lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness; "a wan smile"
Antonyms: animated, alive (indirect, via unanimated)

Noun wan has 1 sense

wide area network, WAN - a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
--₁ is a kind of computer network

Verb wan has 1 sense

wan - become pale and sickly
--₁ is one way to sicken, come down
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