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[[t]pæn[/t]]

n. v. panned, pan•ning

1) a broad, usu. shallow, metal container, used in various forms for frying, baking, washing, etc

2) any similar receptacle or part, as the scales of a balance

3) cvb the amount a pan holds or can hold; panful

4) mel a container in which gold or other valuable metals are separated from gravel or other substances by agitation with water

5) geo a drifting piece of flat, thin ice, as formed on a shore or bay

6) geo a natural depression in the ground, as one containing water, mud, or mineral salts

7) (in old guns) the hollow part of the lock, holding the priming

8) cvb Informal. an unfavorable review or critique

9) sts Slang. the face

10) inf Informal. to criticize harshly, as in a review

11) mel to wash (gravel, sand, etc.) in a pan to separate gold or other valuable metal

12) to cook in a pan

13) mel to wash gravel, sand, etc., in a pan in seeking gold or the like

14) mel to yield gold or the like, as gravel washed in a pan

15) phv pan out, Informal. to have an outcome, esp. a successful one

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Etymology: bef. 900; ME, OE panne, c. OFris, OS panna, OHG pfanna pan′ner, n. II

pan

[[t]pɑn[/t]] n.

1) pln the leaf of the betel

2) a substance, esp. betel nut or a betel-nut mixture, used for chewing

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Etymology: 1610–20; < Hindi pān; cf. Pali, Prakrit paṇṇa, Skt parṇa leaf, betel leaf III

pan

[[t]pæn[/t]] v. panned, pan•ning, n.

1) sbz to swivel a television or motion-picture camera horizontally in order to keep a moving subject in view or record a panorama

2) sbz (of a camera) to be moved in such a manner

3) sbz to move (a camera) in such a manner

4) cvb sbz the act of panning a camera

5) cvb sbz the filmed shot resulting from this

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Etymology: 1920–25; shortening of panorama IV

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