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Pan (pn)
n.
1. Greek Mythology The god of woods, fields, and flocks, having a human torso and head with a goat's legs, horns, and ears.
2. The satellite of Saturn that is closest to the planet.
[Middle English, from Latin Pn, from Greek.]
pan 1 (pn)
n.
1. A shallow, wide, open container, usually of metal and without a lid, used for holding liquids, cooking, and other domestic purposes.
2. A vessel similar in form to a pan, especially:
a. An open metal dish used to separate gold or other metal from gravel or waste by washing.
b. Either of the receptacles on a balance or pair of scales.
c. A vessel used for boiling and evaporating liquids.
3.
a. A basin or depression in the earth, often containing mud or water.
b. A natural or artificial basin used to obtain salt by evaporating brine.
c. Hardpan.
4. A freely floating piece of ice that has broken off a larger floe.
5. The small cavity in the lock of a flintlock used to hold powder.
6. Music A steel drum.
7. Slang The face.
8. Informal Severe criticism, especially a negative review: gave the film a pan.
v. panned, pan·ning, pans
v.tr.
1. To wash (gravel, for example) in a pan for gold or other precious metal.
2. To cook (food) in a pan: panned the fish right after catching it.
3. Informal To criticize or review harshly.
v.intr.
1. To wash gravel, sand, or other sediment in a pan.
2. To yield gold as a result of washing in a pan.
pan out
To turn out well; be successful.
pan 2 (pän)
n.
1. A leaf of the betel vine.
2. A chewing preparation of this leaf with betel nuts, spices, and lime, used in the Far East.
pan 3 (pn)
v. panned, pan·ning, pans
v.intr.
To move a movie or television camera to follow an object or create a panoramic effect.
v.tr.
To move (a camera) so as to follow a moving object or create a panoramic effect.
[Short for panorama or panoramic.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
pan 1
Noun
1. a wide long-handled metal container used in cooking
2. any of various similar containers used in industry, etc.
3. either of the two dishes on a set of scales
4. Brit the bowl of a lavatory
5. a natural or artificial hollow in the ground: a saltpan
Verb
[panning, panned]
1. to sift gold from (a river) in a shallow pan
2. Informal to criticize harshly
pan 2
Verb
[panning, panned]
to move (a film camera) or (of a film camera) to be moved to follow a moving object or to take in a whole scene
Noun
the act of panning [from panoramic]
n.
1. Greek Mythology The god of woods, fields, and flocks, having a human torso and head with a goat's legs, horns, and ears.
2. The satellite of Saturn that is closest to the planet.
[Middle English, from Latin Pn, from Greek.]
pan 1 (pn)
n.
1. A shallow, wide, open container, usually of metal and without a lid, used for holding liquids, cooking, and other domestic purposes.
2. A vessel similar in form to a pan, especially:
a. An open metal dish used to separate gold or other metal from gravel or waste by washing.
b. Either of the receptacles on a balance or pair of scales.
c. A vessel used for boiling and evaporating liquids.
3.
a. A basin or depression in the earth, often containing mud or water.
b. A natural or artificial basin used to obtain salt by evaporating brine.
c. Hardpan.
4. A freely floating piece of ice that has broken off a larger floe.
5. The small cavity in the lock of a flintlock used to hold powder.
6. Music A steel drum.
7. Slang The face.
8. Informal Severe criticism, especially a negative review: gave the film a pan.
v. panned, pan·ning, pans
v.tr.
1. To wash (gravel, for example) in a pan for gold or other precious metal.
2. To cook (food) in a pan: panned the fish right after catching it.
3. Informal To criticize or review harshly.
v.intr.
1. To wash gravel, sand, or other sediment in a pan.
2. To yield gold as a result of washing in a pan.
pan out
To turn out well; be successful.
pan 2 (pän)
n.
1. A leaf of the betel vine.
2. A chewing preparation of this leaf with betel nuts, spices, and lime, used in the Far East.
pan 3 (pn)
v. panned, pan·ning, pans
v.intr.
To move a movie or television camera to follow an object or create a panoramic effect.
v.tr.
To move (a camera) so as to follow a moving object or create a panoramic effect.
[Short for panorama or panoramic.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
pan 1
Noun
1. a wide long-handled metal container used in cooking
2. any of various similar containers used in industry, etc.
3. either of the two dishes on a set of scales
4. Brit the bowl of a lavatory
5. a natural or artificial hollow in the ground: a saltpan
Verb
[panning, panned]
1. to sift gold from (a river) in a shallow pan
2. Informal to criticize harshly
pan 2
Verb
[panning, panned]
to move (a film camera) or (of a film camera) to be moved to follow a moving object or to take in a whole scene
Noun
the act of panning [from panoramic]
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