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Meaning of 'pan' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pan [ n.]
- A part; a portion.
- The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
- A leaf of gold or silver.
- The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See /etel.
- The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe, which he is said to have invented.
- A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for setting milk for cream, for frying or baking food, etc.; also employed for various uses in manufacturing.
- A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum.
- The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.
- The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium.
- A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
- The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard.
- A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud.
2 . Pan [ v. i.]
- To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly.
- To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly.
3 . Pan [ v. t.]
- To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan.
4 . Pan [ v. t. & i.]
- To join or fit together; to unite.

Meaning of 'pan' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pan [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make a sweeping movement
Example in sentence:
  • The camera panned across the room
Meaning (2):
- express a totally negative opinion of
Example in sentence:
  • The critics panned the performance

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