Definition of Pan
1. Noun. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
Generic synonyms: Cooking Utensil, Cookware
Specialized synonyms: Drip Pan, Dripping Pan, Frying Pan, Frypan, Skillet, Omelet Pan, Omelette Pan, Patty-pan, Roaster, Saucepan, Wok
2. Verb. Make a sweeping movement. "The camera panned across the room"
3. 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.
4. Verb. Wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals.
5. Noun. Shallow container made of metal.
Generic synonyms: Container
Terms within: Panhandle
6. Verb. Express a totally negative opinion of. "Sam and Sue pan the movie "; "The critics panned the performance"
7. Noun. Chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Pongidae, Pongidae
Member holonyms: Chimp, Chimpanzee, Pan Troglodytes, Bonobo, Pan Paniscus, Pygmy Chimpanzee
Definition of Pan
1. n. A part; a portion.
2. v. t. & i. To join or fit together; to unite.
3. n. The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See &?;etel.
4. n. 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.
5. n. 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.
6. v. t. To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan.
7. v. i. To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly.
Definition of Pan
1. to criticize harshly [v PANNED, PANNING, PANS]
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