wide area network, WAN -- (a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network)
Overview of verb wan
The verb wan has 1 sense
wan -- (become pale and sickly)
Overview of adj wan
The adj wan has 3 senses
pale, pallid, wan, sick -- ((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")
pale, pallid, wan -- (abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed")
wan -- (lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness; "a wan smile")