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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.

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[Middle English, from Latin Pn, from Greek.]

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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.

Phrasal Verb:

pan out

To turn out well; be successful: "If I don't pan out as an actor I can still go back to school" (Saul Bellow).

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[Middle English, from Old English panne, from West Germanic *panna, probably from Vulgar Latin *patna, from Latin patina, shallow pan, platter, from Greek patan; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]

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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.

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[Hindi pn, from Sanskrit param, feather, betel leaf; see per-² in Indo-European roots.]

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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.

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[Short for panorama or panoramic.]

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Pan [pæn]

n

(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth the god of fields, woods, shepherds, and flocks, represented as a man with a goat's legs, horns, and ears Related adjs Pandean, Panic

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pan¹

n

1. (Cookery)

a.  a wide metal vessel used in cooking

b.  (in combination) saucepan

2. Also called panful the amount such a vessel will hold

3. any of various similar vessels used esp in industry, as for boiling liquids

4. (Mining & Quarrying) a dish used by prospectors, esp gold prospectors, for separating a valuable mineral from the gravel or earth containing it by washing and agitating

5. (Chemistry) either of the two dishlike receptacles on a balance

6. Also called lavatory pan Brit the bowl of a lavatory

7. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography)

a.  a natural or artificial depression in the ground where salt can be obtained by the evaporation of brine

b.  a natural depression containing water or mud

8. (Music / Instruments) Caribbean the indented top from an oil drum used as the treble drum in a steel band

9. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) See hardpan, brainpan

10. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a small ice floe

11. a slang word for face [1a]

12. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a small cavity containing priming powder in the locks of old guns

13. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a hard substratum of soil

14. (Cookery) short for pan loaf

vb pans, panning, panned

1. (Mining & Quarrying) (when tr, often foll by off or out) to wash (gravel) in a pan to separate particles of (valuable minerals) from it

2. (Mining & Quarrying) (intr; often foll by out) (of gravel) to yield valuable minerals by this process

3. (tr) Informal to criticize harshly the critics panned his new play See also pan out

[Old English panne; related to Old Saxon, Old Norse panna, Old High German pfanna]

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pan²

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the leaf of the betel tree

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a preparation of this leaf which is chewed, together with betel nuts and lime, in India and the East Indies

[from Hindi, from Sanskrit parna feather, wing, leaf]

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pan³

vb pans, panning, panned

(Performing Arts) 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

(Performing Arts)

a.  the act of panning

b.  (as modifier) a pan shot

[shortened from panoramic]

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pan

• casserole - Came from casse, "pan" or "ladle," which probably comes from Greek kuathos, "serving cup"; casserole is a diminutive of casse, "spoonlike container" (cassette is also a diminutive of casse).
• paella - The rice dish is Spanish for "frying pan," from Latin patella, "little pan."
• pan, brain pan - The upper part of the skull has been called the pan or brain pan.
• wok - Derives from a Cantonese word meaning "pan."

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pan - cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel cooking pan cooking utensil, cookware - a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking drip pan, dripping pan - pan for catching drippings under roasting meat frying pan, frypan, skillet - a pan used for frying foods omelet pan, omelette pan - pan for cooking omelets patty-pan - a pan for cooking patties or pasties roaster - a special cooking pan for roasting saucepan - a deep pan with a handle; used for stewing or boiling wok - pan with a convex bottom; used for frying in Chinese cooking
	2.	Pan - (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 goat god Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
	3.	pan - shallow container made of metal bain-marie - a large pan that is filled with hot water; smaller pans containing food can be set in the larger pan to keep food warm or to cook food slowly container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) dishpan - large pan for washing dishes drip pan - pan under a refrigerator for collecting liquid waste panhandle - the handle of a pan pannikin - a small pan or cup (usually of tin) warming pan - a long-handled covered pan holding live coals to warm a bed
	4.	Pan - chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids genus Pan mammal genus - a genus of mammals family Pongidae, Pongidae - usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas; chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons chimp, chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes - intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests bonobo, Pan paniscus, pygmy chimpanzee - small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species
Verb	1.	pan - make a sweeping movement; "The camera panned across the room" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
	2.	pan - wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals pan off, pan out wash - separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
	3.	pan - express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance" tear apart, trash disparage, belittle, pick at - express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts"

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pan¹

noun

pot, vessel, container, saucepan Heat the butter in a large pan.

verb

1. (Informal) criticize, knock, blast, hammer (Brit. informal), slam (slang), flame (informal), rubbish (informal), roast (informal), put down, slate (informal), censure, slag (off) (slang), tear into (informal), flay, diss (slang, chiefly U.S.), lambast(e), throw brickbats at (informal) His first movie was panned by the critics.

2. sift out, look for, wash, search for People came westward in the 1800s to pan for gold in Sierra Nevada.

pan out (Informal) work out, happen, result, come out, turn out, culminate, come to pass (archaic), eventuate None of his ideas panned out.

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pan²

verb move along or across, follow, track, sweep, scan, traverse, swing across A television camera panned the crowd.

Translations

pan¹ [pæn]

A. N

1. (for cooking) → cazuela f, cacerola f, olla f (LAm); (= frying pan) → sartén f (m in LAm)

2. [of scales] → platillo m; [of lavatory] → taza f; [of firearm] → cazoleta f
to go down the pan → irse al traste

B. VT

1. [+ gold] → lavar con batea

2. (= criticize) [+ play etc] → dejar por los suelos

C. VI to pan for gold → cribar oro

pan out VI + ADV → resultar, salir(bien )
if it pans out as we hope → si sale como nosotros lo esperamos
it didn't pan out at all well → no dio ningún resultado satisfactorio
we must wait and see how it pans out → tenemos que esperar hasta ver cómo sale esto

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pan² [pæn] (Cine)

A. VI → tomar panorámicas or vistas pan

B. VT a television camera panned the stadium → una cámara de televisión recorrió el estadio

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pan [ˈpæn]

n

(also saucepan) → casserole f pan lid

(also frying pan) → poêle f

[lavatory] → cuvette f

vi

(CINEMA) → faire un panoramique
to pan across sth → faire un panoramique sur qch

to pan for gold → laver du sable aurifère

vt

(= criticize severely) [+ book, film] → éreinter
The book was panned by the critics → Le livre a été éreinté par la critique.

to pan the camera → faire un panoramique

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pan:

panhandle (US)

n → Pfannenstiel m; (= shape of land) → Zipfel m

vi (US inf) → die Leute anhauen (inf)

panhandler

n (US inf) → Bettler(in) m(f), → Schnorrer(in) m(f) (inf)

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pan¹

n

(Cook) → Pfanne f; (= saucepan) → Topf m

(of scales) → Waagschale f; (for gold etc) → Goldpfanne f; (of lavatory) → Becken nt

(in ground) → Mulde f

vt

gold → waschen

(US) fish → braten

(inf: = slate) new play etc → verreißen

vi to pan for gold → Gold waschen

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pan² (Film)

n → (Kamera)schwenk m

vi → panoramieren; a panning shot → ein Schwenk; the camera panned along the wall → die Kamera fuhr langsam die Mauer ab; the camera panned in to the group in the centre → die Kamera schwenkte auf die Gruppe in der Mitte ein

vt they panned the camera across the whole scene → sie fuhren mit der Kamera die ganze Szene ab

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Pan [pæn] n → Pan

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pan [pæn]

1. n (Culin) (also saucepan) → casseruola; (frying pan) → padella; (milk pan) → pentolino; (of scales) → piatto; (of lavatory) → tazza
roasting pan → teglia per arrosti

2. vt

a. (gold) → passare al vaglio

b. (fam) (play) → stroncare

3. vi

a. to pan for gold → (lavare le sabbie aurifere per) cercare l'oro

b. (Cine) → fare una panoramica

pan out vi + adv (develop) → andare; (turn out well) → riuscire

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pan¹

n pan [pӕn]

1 a metal pot usually with a long handle, used for cooking food a frying-pan; a saucepan. pan قِدْر، وِعاء طَبيخ тиган pánev pande; -pande; gryde die Pfanne τηγάνι, κατσαρόλα cazuela, cazo, sartén (para freír), ... pann, kastrul ماهی تابه pannu casserole סִיר तवा, कड़ाह, कड़ाही tava,lonac s ručkom serpenyő penggorengan panna; pottur casseruola, tegame 平なべ 납작한 냄비(프라이팬) keptuvė, prikaistuvis panna kuali leper pan panne, gryte, kasserolle rondel, patelnia tacho tigaie; cra­tiţă сковорода;кастрюля panvica ponev tiganj []panna, kastrull กระทะ tava 平底鍋 сковорода; каструля توا cái xoong 平底锅

2 (American) a tin for baking or cooking food inside an oven a cake pan. bak وِعاء الطَّبْخ في الفُرْن тавичка forma form; -form die Pfanne ταψί molde vorm سینی فر vuoka moule תַבנִית पलड़ा, पल्ला pleh tepsi panci masak teglia, tortiera オーブン用の皿 접시 skarda plāts/forma cepšanai tin pembakar bakvorm rondel противень pekáč tiganj []form ภาชนะที่ทำจากดีบุกสำหรับปรุงอาหาร tava, kap 盤狀的器皿 деко کڑھائي cái chảo 盘状的器皿

n pancake

a thin cake usually made of milk, flour and eggs and fried in a pan etc. pannekoek فَطيرَة مُحَلاّة: بانكيك палачинка palačinka, lívanec pandekage der Pfannkuchen τηγανίτα tortita pannkook نان شیرین و پهن؛ پنکیک pannukakku crêpe פַּנקֵייק आकार में गोल-चपटा, दूध आटे और अण्डों से बना व्यंजन palačinka palacsinta kue dadar, panekuk pönnukaka pancake ホットケーキ 팬케이크 blynas pankūka lempeng pannekoek pannekake naleśnik panqueca clătită блин palacinka, lievanec palačinka palačinka pannkaka ขนมแพนเค้ก gözleme 薄煎餅 оладка; млинець کيک bánh kếp 薄煎饼

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pan²

v pan [pӕn]

to move (a film or television camera) so as to follow a moving object or show a wide view The camera panned slowly across to the other side of the street. beweeg يُحَرِّك عَدَسَة الكاميرا панорамирам panoramovat, švenkovat, zabírat panorere schwenken κάνω πανοραμική λήψη panoramizar panoreerima چرخاندن panoroida panoramiquer לַעֲקוֹב בְּמָצלֵמָה पैन करना pratiti okrečući kamerom oko osi pásztáz menggerakkan kamera untuk meliput pan, skim; panskot, hverfiskot fare una panoramica カメラを動かす 카메라를 표적에 따라 움직이다, (카메라를) 팬하다 pereiti į panoraminį vaizdą panoramēt menyorot panoramisch bewegen panorere, bevege seg langsomt panoramować mover(-se) QUERY a roti panoramic, a pano­rama поворачиваться panoramaticky zobraziť / zachytiť potovati (kamera) pratiti kamerom panorera เคลื่อนกล้องตามสิ่งที่เคลื่อนไหว çevirmek, dön(dür)mek 移動鏡頭拍全景 панорамувати کيمرہ کو افقي اور عمودي سطح پر گھمانا quay camera 移动镜头拍全景

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Pan → مقلاة pánev pande Pfanne τηγάνι olla pannu poêle tava padella 平なべ 팬 pan panne rondel frigideira, panela сковорода panna กระทะ tava chảo 平底锅