pan
noun
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A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
- 2
The contents of such a receptacle.
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A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
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A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
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A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
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An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially
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Short for hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.
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Strong adverse criticism.
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A loaf of bread.
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The chamber pot in a close stool; the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.
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A human face, a mug.
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(roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
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A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
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The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.
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The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
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The brain, seen as one's intellect
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A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
verb
- 1
To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
- 2
To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.
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With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.
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(of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
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To criticize harshly a work (like a book, movie, etc.)
noun
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Meanings relating to a wind instrument.
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Meanings relating to a hollow conduit.
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Meanings relating to a container.
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Meanings relating to something resembling a tube.
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Meanings relating to computing.
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Meanings relating to a smoking implement.
verb
- 1
Of a camera, etc.: to turn horizontally.
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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.
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(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
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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
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To join or fit together; to unite.
noun
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A part; a portion.
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(fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
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A leaf of gold or silver.
adjective
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Pansexual.
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