pan (n.)

  1. cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel

    [ Syn: cooking pan ]

  2. (Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goats legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus

    [ Syn: pan , goat god ]

  3. shallow container made of metal

  4. chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids

    [ Syn: pan , genus pan ]

    pan (v.)

  1. make a sweeping movement; The camera panned across the room'

  2. wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals

    [ Syn: pan out , pan off ]

  3. express a totally negative opinion of; The critics panned the performance

    [ Syn: tear apart , trash ]

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