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Pan
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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'pan': /ˈpæn/; 'Pan': /'pæn/ US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/pæn/ US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling'pan': (pan; Plant Biol. pän); 'Pan': (pan)
- Inflections of 'pan' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
- pans
- v 3rd person singular
- panning
- v pres p
- panned
- v past
- panned
- v past p
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Pan /pæn/ n - the god of fields, woods, shepherds, and flocks, represented as a man with a goat's legs, horns, and ears
Related adjective(s): Pandean, Panic
pan1 /pæn/USA pronunciation
n., v., panned, pan•ning. n. [countable]
- a wide or broad, usually shallow metal container used for frying, baking, washing, etc.:a frying pan.
- a similar container or part, as one of the scales of a balance:In one pan he placed the weight and in the other he measured out a kilo of flour.
- Metallurgya container in which gold is separated from gravel by shaking, stirring, or moving through water.
v. - Informal Termsto criticize harshly, as in a review:[~ + object]The critics panned the new play.
- Metallurgyto wash (gravel, etc.) in a pan to separate gold: [no object]The prospectors were panning for gold in the stream.[~ + object]to pan the gravel near Sutter's Mill.
- pan out, [no object][Informal.]to have an end or outcome, esp. a successful one:Things did not pan out well at his new job when he lost the report.
pan3 /pæn/USA pronunciation
v., panned, pan•ning, n. v. - Show Businessto move a camera from one side to another to follow a moving subject or keep a wide scene in view: [no object]The camera operator panned from one end of the field to the other.[~ + object]She panned the camera to the left.
- Show Business (of a camera) to be moved in such a manner:[no object]The camera panned back to show the captain and his men surrounded by enemy soldiers.
n. [countable]
- Show Businessthe act of panning a camera.
pan-, prefix.
- pan- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning "all.'' This meaning is found in such words as: panorama;
pantheism. It is also used esp. in terms that imply or suggest the union of all branches of a group:Pan-American;Pan- + hellenic (Greek) → Panhellenic (= all Greeks united in one group);Pan-Slavism (= all the people of Slavic background united).
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026pan1
(pan),USA pronunciation n., v., panned, pan•ning. n. - a broad, shallow container of metal, usually having sides flaring outward toward the top, used in various forms for frying, baking, washing, etc.
- any similar receptacle or part, as the scales of a balance.
- the amount a pan holds or can hold;
panful:a pan of shelled peas.
- Mechanical Engineeringany of various open or closed containers used in industrial or mechanical processes.
- Metallurgya container in which silver ores are ground and amalgamated.
- Metallurgya container in which gold or other heavy, valuable metals are separated from gravel or other substances by agitation with water.
- Geographya drifting piece of flat, thin ice, as formed on a shore or bay.
- Geographya natural depression in the ground, as one containing water, mud, or mineral salts.
- Geographya similar depression made artificially, as for evaporating salt water to make salt.
- (in old guns) the depressed part of the lock, holding the priming.
- Also, panning. an unfavorable review, critique, or appraisal:The show got one rave and three pans.
- Slang Termsthe face.
v.t. - Informal Termsto criticize severely, as in a review of a play.
- Metallurgyto wash (gravel, sand, etc.) in a pan to separate gold or other heavy valuable metal.
- to cook (oysters, clams, etc.) in a pan.
v.i. - Metallurgyto wash gravel, sand, etc., in a pan in seeking gold or the like.
- Metallurgyto yield gold or the like, as gravel washed in a pan.
- pan out, [Informal.]to turn out, esp. successfully:The couple's reconciliation just didn't pan out.
- bef. 900; Middle English, Old English panne; cognate with Dutch pan, German Pfanne, Old Norse panna
- Plant Biologythe leaf of the betel.
- a substance, esp. betel nut or a betel-nut mixture, used for chewing.
- Hindi pān; compare Pali, Prakrit paṇṇa, Sanskrit parṇa leaf, betel leaf
- 1610–20
- Show Businessto photograph or televise while rotating a camera on its vertical or horizontal axis in order to keep a moving person or object in view or allow the film to record a panorama:to pan from one end of the playing field to the other during the opening of the football game.
- Show Business(of a camera) to be moved or manipulated in such a manner:The cameras panned occasionally during the scene.
v.t. - Show Businessto move (a camera) in such a manner:to pan the camera across the scene.
- Show Businessto photograph or televise (a scene, moving character, etc.) by panning the camera.
n. - Show Businessthe act of panning a camera.
- Show BusinessAlso called panning shot. the filmed shot resulting from this.
- shortening of panorama 1920–25
- Architecturea major vertical division of a wall.
- Architecturea nogged panel of half-timber construction.
- French, Middle French: pane
- 1735–45
- Gamespanguingue.
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(pan),USA pronunciation n. - Pan.
Pan
(pan),USA pronunciation n.
- Mythologythe ancient Greek god of forests, pastures, flocks, and shepherds, represented with the head, chest, and arms of a man and the legs and sometimes the horns and ears of a goat.
Pan
(pan),USA pronunciation n.
- an international distress signal used by shore stations to inform a ship, aircraft, etc., of something vital to its safety or that of one of its passengers.
Also, pan.
pan-,
- a combining form meaning "all,'' occurring originally in loanwords from Greek (panacea;
panoply), but now used freely as a general formative (panleukopenia;
panorama;
pantelegraph;
pantheism;
pantonality), and esp. in terms, formed at will, implying the union of all branches of a group (Pan-Christian;
Panhellenic;
Pan-Slavism). The hyphen and the second capital tend with longer use to be lost, unless they are retained in order to set off clearly the component parts.
Also, pant-, panto-.
- Greek pan- combining form of pâs (neuter pân) all, every, pân everything
- Place NamesPanama.
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pan /pæn/ n - a wide metal vessel used in cooking
- (in combination): saucepan
- Also called: panful the amount such a vessel will hold
- any of various similar vessels used esp in industry, as for boiling liquids
- a dish used by prospectors, esp gold prospectors, for separating a valuable mineral from the gravel or earth containing it by washing and agitating
- either of the two dishlike receptacles on a balance
- Also called: lavatory pan Brit the bowl of a lavatory
- a natural or artificial depression in the ground where salt can be obtained by the evaporation of brine
- a natural depression containing water or mud
- a small cavity containing priming powder in the locks of old guns
- a hard substratum of soil
vb (pans, panning, panned)- when tr, often followed by off or out: to wash (gravel) in a pan to separate particles of (valuable minerals) from it
- (intransitive) often followed by out: (of gravel) to yield valuable minerals by this process
- (transitive) informal to criticize harshly: the critics panned his new play
Etymology: Old English panne; related to Old Saxon, Old Norse panna, Old High German pfanna pan /pæn/ vb (pans, panning, panned)- to move (a film camera) or (of a film camera) to be moved so as to follow a moving object or obtain a panoramic effect
n - the act of panning
Etymology: 20th Century: shortened from panoramic Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Pan. abbreviation for - Panama
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pan- combining form - all or every: panchromatic
- including or relating to all parts or members: Pan-African, pantheistic
Etymology: from Greek pan, neuter of pas all
'Pan' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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