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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 out

vb

(intr, adverb) Informal to work out; turn out; result

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	pan out - be a success; "The idea panned out" bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, succeed, win, come through - attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"
	2.	pan out - wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals pan off, pan wash - separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)

Translations

? pan out

vi (inf) → sich entwickeln; it didn’t pan out → es hat nicht geklappt (inf); if it pans out as we hope → wenns so wird, wie wir es uns erhoffen