- pan
- panpan1 [pan]n.[ME panne < OE, akin to Ger pfanne, early Gmc loanword < VL panna, prob. < L patina, a pan: see PATELLA]1. any of many kinds of containers, usually broad, shallow, without a cover, and made of metal, used for domestic purposes: often in combination [a frying pan, saucepan, dishpan]2. any object or part shaped like a pan; specif.,☆ a) an open container for washing out gold, tin, etc. from gravel or the like, in miningb) either receptacle in a pair of scalesc) a container for heating, evaporating, etc.3. the amount a pan will hold4. any area suggestive of a pan; esp., a hollow, natural or artificial depression in the ground5. a layer of hard soil, impervious to water; hardpan6. a small ice floe7. the part of a flintlock gun that holds the firing powder☆ 8. Slang a facevt.panned, panning1. to cook in a pan☆ 2. Informal to criticize unfavorably, as in reviewing [to pan a play ]☆ 3. Mininga) to wash (gravel, etc.) in a pan, as for separating goldb) to separate (gold, etc.) from gravel by washing it in a panvi.Mining☆ 1. to wash gravel in a pan, searching for gold☆ 2. to yield gold in this process——————☆ pan out1. Mining to yield gold, as gravel, a mine, etc.2. Informal to turn out (as specified); transpire; esp., to turn out well; succeed——————☆ put on the panto criticize severelypan2 [pän]n.[Hindi pān < Sans parṇa, a leaf, feather: see FERN]1. a leaf of the betel pepper2. a substance made of this leaf, betel nut, lime, and spices, used like chewing gumpan3 [pan]Film TV etc.vt., vi.panned, panning [< PAN(ORAMA)]to rotate (a camera) horizontally, as to get a panoramic effect or follow a moving objectn.1. the act of panning2. a shot that is panned
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.