pan

/pæn/

noun

  1. 1

    A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.

  2. 2

    The contents of such a receptacle.

  3. 3

    A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.

  4. 4

    A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.

  5. 5

    A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.

  6. 6

    An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially

  7. 7

    Short for hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.

  8. 8

    Strong adverse criticism.

  9. 9

    A loaf of bread.

  10. 10

    The chamber pot in a close stool; the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.

  11. 11

    A human face, a mug.

  12. 12

    (roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.

  13. 13

    A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.

  14. 14

    The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.

  15. 15

    The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.

  16. 16

    The brain, seen as one's intellect

  17. 17

    A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.

verb

  1. 1

    To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).

  2. 2

    To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.

  3. 3

    With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.

  4. 4

    (of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.

  5. 5

    To criticize harshly a work (like a book, movie, etc.)

noun

  1. 1

    Meanings relating to a wind instrument.

  2. 2

    Meanings relating to a hollow conduit.

  3. 3

    Meanings relating to a container.

  4. 4

    Meanings relating to something resembling a tube.

  5. 5

    Meanings relating to computing.

  6. 6

    Meanings relating to a smoking implement.

verb

  1. 1

    Of a camera, etc.: to turn horizontally.

  2. 2

    To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360 degrees from the point where the film first began to be exposed.

  3. 3

    (audio) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.

noun

  1. 1

    A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf.

verb

  1. 1

    To join or fit together; to unite.

noun

  1. 1

    A part; a portion.

  2. 2

    (fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.

  3. 3

    A leaf of gold or silver.

adjective

  1. 1

    Pansexual.

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