PAN

Pan, genus Pan

(noun) chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids

pan

(noun) shallow container made of metal

pan, cooking pan

(noun) cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel

Pan, goat god

(noun) (Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat’s legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus

pan, tear apart, trash

(verb) express a totally negative opinion of; “The critics panned the performance”

pan, pan out, pan off

(verb) wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals

pan

(verb) make a sweeping movement; “The camera panned across the room”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

pan (plural pans)

A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.

The contents of such a receptacle.

A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.

(Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.

A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.

(geography, geology) An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially

A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits.

(especially South Africa) A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat.

(South Africa) synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa.

Short for salt pan: a flat artificial pond used for collecting minerals from evaporated water.

(geology) Short for hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.

(geology, obsolete South Africa) synonym of pipe: a channel for lava within a volcano; the cylindrical remains of such channels.

Strong adverse criticism.

A loaf of bread.

(obsolete) The chamber pot in a close stool; (now) the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.

(slang) A human face, a mug.

(roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.

A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.

The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.

The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.

(figurative) The brain, seen as one's intellect

(carpentry) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.

Synonyms

• (flat receptacle): frying pan, skillet, cookie sheet, tin

• (tall receptacle): saucepan

• (chamber pot): See chamber pot

• (toilet): See toilet

Hyponyms

• (expanse of flat land in a depression): flat

Hypernyms

• (expanse of flat land in a depression): salt pan, salt flat, alkali pan

Verb

pan (third-person singular simple present pans, present participle panning, simple past and past participle panned)

(transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).

(transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.

(intransitive) With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.

(transitive, informal, of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.

(informal) To criticize harshly a work (like a book, movie, etc.)

Coordinate terms

• (wash in mining): sluice

Etymology 2

From a clipped form of panorama.

Verb

pan (third-person singular simple present pans, present participle panning, simple past and past participle panned)

(intransitive) Of a camera, etc.: to turn horizontally.

(intransitive, photography) To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360 degrees from the point where the film first began to be exposed.

(audio) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.

Coordinate terms

• (of a camera): cant, tilt

Etymology 3

Noun

pan (uncountable)

Alternative form of paan

Etymology 4

Verb

pan (third-person singular simple present pans, present participle panning, simple past and past participle panned)

To join or fit together; to unite.

Etymology 5

Noun

pan (plural pans)

A part; a portion.

(fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.

A leaf of gold or silver.

Etymology 6

Adjective

pan (not comparable)

(informal) Pansexual.

Coordinate terms

• bi, mono

Anagrams

• -nap, ANP, NAP, NPA, PNA, anp, nap

Proper noun

PAN

(linguistics) Abbreviation of Proto-Austronesian.

Noun

PAN (countable and uncountable, plural PANs)

Acronym of primary account number.

Acronym of personal area network.

(organic compound) Initialism of polyacrylonitrile.

(organic compound) Initialism of peroxyacetyl nitrate.

Usage notes

With reference to financial industry web sites, such as APACS, UK, this is simply the account number found embossed on plastic cards.

Anagrams

• -nap, ANP, NAP, NPA, PNA, anp, nap

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Pan

(Greek god) Greek god of nature, often visualized as half goat and half man playing pipes. His Roman counterpart is Faunus.

(astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Pan (plural er-noun or Pans)

A surname.

Noun

Pan (plural Pans)

Ellipsis of Peter Pan.

Anagrams

• -nap, ANP, NAP, NPA, PNA, anp, nap

Source: Wiktionary

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Pan-, Pan"ta-, Pan"to-. Etym: [Gr.

Definition: Combining forms signifying all, every; as, panorama, pantheism, pantagraph, pantograph. Pan- becomes pam- before b or p, as pamprodactylous.

Pan, n. Etym: [OE. See 2d Pane.]

1. A part; a portion.

2. (Fort.)

Definition: The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.

3. Etym: [Perh. a different word.]

Definition: A leaf of gold or silver.

Pan, v. t. & i. Etym: [Cf. F. pan skirt, lappet, L. pannus a cloth, rag, W. panu to fur, to full.]

Definition: To join or fit together; to unite. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Pan, n. Etym: [Hind. pan, Skr. parna leaf.]

Definition: The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See .

Pan, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Gr. Myth.)

Definition: 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.

Pan, n. Etym: [OE. panne, AS. panne; cf. D. pan, G. pfanne, OHG. pfanna, Icel., Sw., LL., & Ir. panna, of uncertain origin; cf. L. patina, E. paten.]

1. 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 bowl or a pan." Chaucer.

2. (Manuf.)

Definition: A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum.

3. The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.

4. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium. Chaucer.

5. (C

Definition: A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.

6. The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard.

7. A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud. Flash in the pan. See under Flash.

– To savor of the pan, to suggest the process of cooking or burning; in a theological sense, to be heretical. Ridley. Southey.

Pan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Panned; p. pr. & vb. n. Panning.] (Mining)

Definition: To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan. [U. S.] We . . . witnessed the process of cleaning up and panning out, which is the last process of separating the pure gold from the fine dirt and black sand. Gen. W. T. Sherman.

Pan, v. i.

1. (Mining)

Definition: To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly.

2. To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly. [Slang, U. S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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