"fan out" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fans out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanning out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanned out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanned out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "fan out (third-person singular simple present fans out, present participle fanning out, simple past and past participle fanned out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1963 June, “News and Comment: Sheffield scheme progress”, in Modern Railways, page 368",
          "text": "West of the summit the cutting fans out at the entrance to the new yard on the north side.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 8, Chris Howe, “Building the platform for Old Oak Common's platforms”, in RAIL, number 978, page 60",
          "text": "Although the platforms for the station will be 450 metres, the full length of the 850-metre box is to allow the tracks to fan out and switches to be installed, so that the trains can reach each of the six platforms.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To spread out into the shape of a fan"
      ],
      "id": "en-fan_out-en-verb-0BgYdKDa",
      "links": [
        [
          "spread out",
          "spread out"
        ],
        [
          "fan",
          "fan"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to spread out in the shape of a fan",
          "word": "sventagliare"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to spread out in the shape of a fan",
          "word": "whewhera"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fan out"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fans out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanning out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanned out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanned out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "fan out (third-person singular simple present fans out, present participle fanning out, simple past and past participle fanned out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1963 June, “News and Comment: Sheffield scheme progress”, in Modern Railways, page 368",
          "text": "West of the summit the cutting fans out at the entrance to the new yard on the north side.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 8, Chris Howe, “Building the platform for Old Oak Common's platforms”, in RAIL, number 978, page 60",
          "text": "Although the platforms for the station will be 450 metres, the full length of the 850-metre box is to allow the tracks to fan out and switches to be installed, so that the trains can reach each of the six platforms.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To spread out into the shape of a fan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spread out",
          "spread out"
        ],
        [
          "fan",
          "fan"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to spread out in the shape of a fan",
      "word": "sventagliare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to spread out in the shape of a fan",
      "word": "whewhera"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fan out"
}