Pan

English Meaning

A part; a portion.

1. A shallow, wide, open container, usually of metal and without a lid, used for holding liquids, cooking, and other domestic purposes.
2. A vessel similar in form to a pan, especially:
3. An open metal dish used to separate gold or other metal from gravel or waste by washing.
4. Either of the receptacles on a balance or pair of scales.
5. A vessel used for boiling and evaporating liquids.
6. A basin or depression in the earth, often containing mud or water.
7. A natural or artificial basin used to obtain salt by evaporating brine.
8. Hardpan.
9. A freely floating piece of ice that has broken off a larger floe.
10. The small cavity in the lock of a flintlock used to hold powder.
11. Music A steel drum.
12. Slang The face.
13. Informal Severe criticism, especially a negative review: gave the film a pan.
14. To wash (gravel, for example) in a pan for gold or other precious metal.
15. To cook (food) in a pan: panned the fish right after catching it.
16. Informal To criticize or review harshly.
17. To wash gravel, sand, or other sediment in a pan.
18. To yield gold as a result of washing in a pan.
19. pan out To turn out well; be successful: "If I don't pan out as an actor I can still go back to school” ( Saul Bellow).
20. A leaf of the betel vine.
21. A chewing preparation of this leaf with betel nuts, spices, and lime, used in the Far East.
22. To move a movie or television camera to follow an object or create a panoramic effect.
23. To move (a camera) so as to follow a moving object or create a panoramic effect.