pan

• POS: Adjective, Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• COUNT in NET: 17 in 17 verses (in OT : 17 in 17 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

pan, n. [OE. See 2d Pane.].

•  A part; a portion.  [1913 Webster]
•  The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.  [1913 Webster]
•  A leaf of gold or silver.  [1913 Webster]

pan, v. t. & i. [Cf. F. pan skirt, lappet, L. pannus a cloth, rag, W. panu to fur, to full.].

 To join or fit together; to unite.  Halliwell.  [1913 Webster]

pan, n. [Hind. pān, Skr. parna leaf.].

 The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See Betel.  [1913 Webster]

pan, prop. n. [L., fr. Gr. .].

 The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe (also called the pipes of Pan), which he is said to have invented.  [1913 Webster]

pan, n. [OE. panne, AS. panne; cf. D. pan, G. pfanne, OHG. pfanna, Icel., Sw., LL., & Ir. panna, of uncertain origin; cf. L. patina, E. paten.].

•  A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for setting milk for cream, for frying or baking food, etc.; also employed for various uses in manufacturing.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
•  A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum.  [1913 Webster]
•  The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.  [1913 Webster]
•  The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
•  A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.  [1913 Webster]
•  The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard.  [1913 Webster]
•  A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud.  [1913 Webster]

Flash in the pan. See under Flash. -- To savor of the pan, to suggest the process of cooking or burning; in a theological sense, to be heretical. Ridley. Southey.

pan, v. t. 

•  To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan.  [1913 Webster]

  "We . . . witnessed the process of cleaning up and panning out, which is the last process of separating the pure gold from the fine dirt and black sand."  [1913 Webster]
•  To criticise (a drama or literary work) harshly.  [PJC]

pan, v. i. 

•  To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly.  [1913 Webster]
•  To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly.  [1913 Webster]

pan, v. t. & i. 

 To scan (a movie camera), usu. in a horizontal direction, to obtain a panoramic effect; also, to move the camera so as to keep the subject in view.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pan, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a vessel of metal, earthenware, or plastic, usu. broad and shallow, used for cooking and other domestic purposes. b the contents of this.
2 a panlike vessel in which substances are heated etc.
3 any similar shallow container such as the bowl of a pair of scales or that used for washing gravel etc. to separate gold.
4 Brit. the bowl of a lavatory.
5 part of the lock that held the priming in old guns.
6 a hollow in the ground (salt-pan).
7 a hard substratum of soil.
8 US sl. the face.
--v. (panned, panning)
1 tr. colloq. criticize severely.
2 a tr. (foll. by off, out) wash (gold-bearing gravel) in a pan. b intr. search for gold by panning gravel. c intr. (foll. by out) (of gravel) yield gold.

Idiom

pan out (of an action etc.) turn out in a specified way.

Derivative

panful n. (pl. -fuls). panlike adj.

pan, v. & n.
--v. (panned, panning)
1 tr. swing (a cine-camera) horizontally to give a panoramic effect or to follow a moving object.
2 intr. (of a cine-camera) be moved in this way.
--n. a panning movement.

pan, n. Bot.
1 a leaf of the betel.
2 this enclosing lime and areca-nut parings, chewed in India etc.

Etymology

Hindi f. Skr. parna feather, leaf

THESAURUS

pan

Ashtoreth, Astarte, Baal, Cailleac, Ceres, Demeter, Dionysus, Faunus, Frey, Isis, Priapus, Vidar, Vitharr, corn spirit, faun, fertility god, field spirit, forest god, panisc, panisca, paniscus, satyr, silenus, sylvan deity, the goat god, vegetation spirit

ROGET THESAURUS

pan

Receptacle

N receptacle, inclosure, recipient, receiver, reservatory, compartment, cell, cellule, follicle, hole, corner, niche, recess, nook, crypt, stall, pigeonhole, cove, oriel, cave, capsule, vesicle, cyst, pod, calyx, cancelli, utricle, bladder, pericarp, udder, stomach, paunch, venter, ventricle, crop, craw, maw, gizzard, breadbasket, mouth, pocket, pouch, fob, sheath, scabbard, socket, bag, sac, sack, saccule, wallet, cardcase, scrip, poke, knit, knapsack, haversack, sachel, satchel, reticule, budget, net, ditty bag, ditty box, housewife, hussif, saddlebags, portfolio, quiver, chest, box, coffer, caddy, case, casket, pyx, pix, caisson, desk, bureau, reliquary, trunk, portmanteau, band-box, valise, grip, grip sack, skippet, vasculum, boot, imperial, vache, cage, manger, rack, vessel, vase, bushel, barrel, canister, jar, pottle, basket, pannier, buck-basket, hopper, maund, creel, cran, crate, cradle, bassinet, wisket, whisket, jardiniere, corbeille, hamper, dosser, dorser, tray, hod, scuttle, utensil, brazier, cuspidor, spittoon, cistern, vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon, demijohn, flask, flasket, stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster, urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera, pig gin, big gin, tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol, tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin, galipot, gallipot, matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle, bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet, tureen, beaker, flask, Erlenmeyer flask, Florence flask, round-bottom flask, graduated cylinder, test tube, culture tube, pipette, Pasteur pipette, disposable pipette, syringe, vial, carboy, vacuum flask, Petri dish, microtiter tray, centrifuge tube, bail, beaker, billy, canakin, catch basin, catch drain, chatti, lota, mussuk, schooner, spider, terrine, toby, urceus, plate, platter, dish, trencher, calabash, porringer, potager, saucer, pan, crucible, glassware, tableware, vitrics, compote, gravy boat, creamer, sugar bowl, butter dish, mug, pitcher, punch bowl, chafing dish, shovel, trowel, spoon, spatula, ladle, dipper, tablespoon, watch glass, thimble, closet, commode, cupboard, cellaret, chiffonniere, locker, bin, bunker, buffet, press, clothespress, safe, sideboard, drawer, chest of drawers, chest on chest, highboy, lowboy, till, scrutoire, secretary, secretaire, davenport, bookcase, cabinet, canterbury, escritoire, etagere, vargueno, vitrine, chamber, apartment, room, cabin, office, court, hall, atrium, suite of rooms, apartment, flat, story, saloon, salon, parlor, by-room, cubicle, presence chamber, sitting room, best room, keeping room, drawing room, reception room, state room, gallery, cabinet, closet, pew, box, boudoir, adytum, sanctum, bedroom, dormitory, refectory, dining room, salle-a-manger, nursery, schoolroom, library, study, studio, billiard room, smoking room, den, stateroom, tablinum, tenement, bath room, bathroom, toilet, lavatory, powder room, john, jakes, necessary, loo, men's room, ladies' room, rest room, (uncleanness), 653 attic, loft, garret, cockloft, clerestory, cellar, vault, hold, cockpit, cubbyhole, cook house, entre-sol, mezzanine floor, ground floor, rez-de-chaussee, basement, kitchen, pantry, bawarchi-khana, scullery, offices, storeroom, lumber room, dairy, laundry, coach house, garage, hangar, outhouse, penthouse, lean-to, portico, porch, stoop, stope, veranda, patio, lanai, terrace, deck, lobby, court, courtyard, hall, vestibule, corridor, passage, breezeway, ante room, ante chamber, lounge, piazza, veranda, conservatory, greenhouse, bower, arbor, summerhouse, alcove, grotto, hermitage, lodging, bed, carriage, capsular, saccular, sacculated, recipient, ventricular, cystic, vascular, vesicular, cellular, camerated, locular, multilocular, polygastric, marsupial, siliquose, siliquous.