WAN

(noun) a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
synonyms : wide area network
(verb) become pale and sickly
(adj.) lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness
"a wan smile"
(adj.) abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
"the pallid face of the invalid", "her wan face suddenly flushed"
synonyms : pale , pallid
His pallid skin was being exposed to the sunlight. -added by naila_inlas
her face looked pallid when her elder daughter did not call her for months. -added by priyavanjeri
(adj.) (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"
synonyms : pale , pallid , sick
The round but pallid moon made the night look more gloomy. -added by naila_inlas

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(Tag: ) Wan is like lan because both terms are related to the internet.
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Mnemonics for wan

(Tag: ) wan rhymes with maruthi van... she liked to travel in a scorpio but she is traveling in a van..so she is pale
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(Tag: ) WANE means to decline, diminish so WAN is to decline in color/ vigor
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(Tag: ) WAN for WANting color; so it is pale
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(Tag: ) Tan: Wan is the opposite of tan.
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(Tag: ) VAN...AMBULANCE.... your friend got PALE and hence you called an ambulance
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(Tag: ) w(with) an(anemia), one who has anemia is pale and pallid
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(Tag: ) when he became aware that he was WANted by the FBI his pace became pale.
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(Tag: ) when color VANISHES from sth it looks PALE AND LOOKS WEAK ;-)
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(Tag: ) tan to reduce wan
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(Tag: ) she was so much exhausted working on WAN(wide are network) of company that she got a PALE appearance on face
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(Tag: ) similar to van.school van is yellow/pale colored
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