 7 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
gan
See {gin}
[also: {ganning}, {ganned}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
gin
noun
1: strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
2: a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a noose [syn: {snare},
{noose}]
3: a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers
[syn: {cotton gin}]
4: a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards
remaining in their hand total less than 10 points [syn: {gin
rummy}, {knock rummy}]
verb
1: separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin
2: trap with a snare; "gin game"
[also: {ginning}, {ginned}, {gan}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gan \Gan\, imp. of {Gin}. [See {Gin}, v.]
Began; commenced.
Note: Gan was formerly used with the infinitive to form
compound imperfects, as did is now employed. Gan
regularly denotes the singular; the plural is usually
denoted by gunne or gonne.
This man gan fall (i.e., fell) in great
suspicion. --Chaucer.
The little coines to their play gunne hie (i. e.,
hied). --Chaucer.
Note: Later writers use gan both for singular and plural.
Yet at her speech their rages gan relent.
--Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gin \Gin\ (g[i^]n), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Gan} (g[a^]n), {Gon}
(g[o^]n), or {Gun} (g[u^]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Ginning}.] [OE.
ginnen, AS. ginnan (in comp.), prob. orig., to open, cut
open, cf. OHG. inginnan to begin, open, cut open, and prob.
akin to AS. g[=i]nan to yawn, and E. yawn. [root]31. See
{Yawn}, verb (used without an object), and cf. {Begin}.]
To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as,
gan tell. See {Gan}. [Obs. or Archaic] ''He gan to pray.''
--Chaucer.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
GAN
Generating and Analyzing Networks. "GAN - A System for
Generating and Analyzing Activity Networks", A. Schurmann,
CACM 11(10) (Oct 1968).
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
GAN
Global Area Network
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
GAN
GrenzAktenNachweis (INPOL)
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