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
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
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