Pan - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|pæn|
Brit.
|pæn|
noun
- cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
- (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
- shallow container made of metal
- chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids
- (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
- shallow container made of metal
- chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids
verb
- make a sweeping movement
- express a totally negative opinion of (syn: trash)
The camera panned across the room
- wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals (syn: pan out)- express a totally negative opinion of (syn: trash)
The critics panned the performance
Extra examples
Out of the pan into the fire.
Every year they panned about a ton of gold.
His first high-budget movie was panned by the critics.
Cook the pasta in a large pan of boiling water.
The movie was panned by the critics.
The camera panned slowly across the crowd.
The camera panned across the room
The critics panned the performance
Phrasal verbs
pan out
— be a success
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: pan
he/she/it: pans
present participle: panning
past tense: panned
past participle: panned
I/you/we/they: pan
he/she/it: pans
present participle: panning
past tense: panned
past participle: panned
noun
singular: pan
plural: pans
singular: pan
plural: pans
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