Pan

/pæn - pɑ:n/
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Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A shallow, wide, open container, typically of metal, used for cooking or other domestic purposes: A pan is a common kitchen utensil.
    • (Often capitalized) In Greek mythology, the god of fields, woods, shepherds, and flocks: Pan is depicted as a man with the legs, horns, and ears of a goat.
    • A natural or artificial basin or depression: In geography, a pan can refer to a flat, often dry, landform.
    • (Informal) A face or head: This is a slang usage.

  2. Verb:

    • To wash gravel or sand in a pan to separate valuable minerals, especially gold: This is the process of panning for gold.
    • To criticize something severely, especially in a review: To pan a performance or work is to give it a very negative evaluation.
    • To move a camera horizontally across a scene while filming or televising: The camera pans to follow the action.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • She heated oil in a frying pan.
    • The story featured the god Pan playing his pipes.
    • They drove across a salt pan in the desert.

  • Verb:

    • The old prospector spent the day panning for gold in the river.
    • The new movie was panned by critics.
    • The director instructed the camera operator to pan slowly from left to right.
Advanced Usage
  • "to pan out": To develop or conclude in a particular way; to turn out.
    • We have a new plan; let's see how it pans out.
    • His business venture did not pan out as he had hoped.
Variants and Related Words
  • Panning (n): The action of using a pan to search for gold or of moving a camera horizontally.
    • Gold panning is a popular tourist activity.
  • Panful (n): The amount that a pan can hold.
    • She added a panful of water to the pot.
  • Saucepan (n): A deep cooking pan with a handle and typically a lid.
  • Frying pan (n): A shallow pan with a long handle, used for frying food.
Synonyms
  • Criticize (v): To indicate the faults of someone or something in a disapproving way (for the verb meaning "to criticize severely").
  • Basin (n): A wide, open container or a natural depression in the earth.
  • Sweep (v): To move swiftly and smoothly (similar to the camera movement).
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Pan out: See "Advanced Usage" above.
  • Pan for: To search for (a mineral) by washing material in a pan.
    • They were panning for gold.
Related Idioms
  • Out of the frying pan and into the fire: To go from a bad or difficult situation to one that is worse.
    • By quitting his job without another lined up, he jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire.
  • Flash in the pan: Something that shows initial promise but fails to deliver anything lasting.
    • The band's first single was a hit, but they turned out to be just a flash in the pan.
Noun
  1. chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids
  2. shallow container made of metal
  3. (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. cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
Verb
  1. express a totally negative opinion of
    • The critics panned the performance
  2. wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
  3. make a sweeping movement
    • The camera panned across the room

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