pan

pan

pan¹ [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 mining

b) either receptacle in a pair of scales

c) a container for heating, evaporating, etc.

3. the amount a pan will hold

4. any area suggestive of a pan; esp., a hollow, natural or artificial depression in the ground

5. a layer of hard soil, impervious to water; hardpan

6. a small ice floe

7. the part of a flintlock gun that holds the firing powder

☆ 8. Slang a face

vt.

panned, panning

1. to cook in a pan

☆ 2. Informal to criticize unfavorably, as in reviewing [to pan a play ]

☆ 3. Mining

a) to wash (gravel, etc.) in a pan, as for separating gold

b) to separate (gold, etc.) from gravel by washing it in a pan

vi.

Mining

☆ 1. to wash gravel in a pan, searching for gold

☆ 2. to yield gold in this process

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☆ pan out

1. Mining to yield gold, as gravel, a mine, etc.

2. Informal to turn out (as specified); transpire; esp., to turn out well; succeed

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☆ put on the pan

to criticize severely

pan² [pän]

n.

[Hindi pān < Sans parṇa, a leaf, feather: see FERN]

1. a leaf of the betel pepper

2. a substance made of this leaf, betel nut, lime, and spices, used like chewing gum

pan³ [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 object

n.

1. the act of panning

2. a shot that is panned