pan


Definition: Meaning of, pan in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / pan /

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pan pans
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  1. for cooking a round metal container that you use for cooking, usually with one long handle and a lid [=  saucepan]
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  2. for baking cakes etc American English a metal container for baking things in [=  tin British English]
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  3. open container American English a wide, usually round, open container with low sides, used for holding liquids
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  4. toilet British English the bowl of a toilet
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  5. go down the pan British English informal to be wasted or become useless or ruined
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
pan panned panned
Present Participle Third Person Singular
panning pans
  1. criticize [transitive] informal to strongly criticize a film, play etc in a newspaper or on television or radio
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  2. camera [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if a film or television camera pans in a particular direction, it moves in that direction and follows the thing that is being filmed
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  3. camera [intransitive and transitive] to move a camera in this way
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  4. gold [intransitive and transitive] to wash soil in a metal container in order to separate gold from other substances
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Pan


Definition: Meaning of, Pan in English to English dictionary.

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  1. in Greek MYTHOLOGY, the god of fields, forests, and SHEPHERD s . Pan is usually shown in pictures as a man with a goat's horns, ears, and legs, playing the PANPIPES . He is also famous for his strong sexual desire.
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Pan used in phrases

  • Bundt pan
    1. a type of baking pan shaped like a ring, with high sides and a hole in the middle, used for baking cakes
  • Pan American Day (noun)
    1. a day celebrating political and economic unity among American countries
  • Pan American Games, the
    1. a number of sports competitions which take place every four years in which the countries of South, Central, and North America take part
  • Pan American Union (noun)
    1. the administrative agency of the Organization of American States
  • Pan paniscus (noun)
    1. small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species
  • Pan troglodytes (noun)
    1. intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests
  • Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii (noun)
    1. long-haired chimpanzees of east-central Africa; closely related to the central chimpanzees
  • Pan troglodytes troglodytes (noun)
    1. black-faced chimpanzees of central Africa; closely related to eastern chimpanzees
  • Pan troglodytes verus (noun)
    1. masked or pale-faced chimpanzees of western Africa; distantly related to the eastern and central chimpanzees; possibly a distinct species
  • Pan, Peter
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Pan used in phrasal verbs

  • pan out (phrasal verb)
    1. if a situation pans out in a particular way, it develops in that way
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pan-


Definition: Meaning of, pan- in English to English dictionary.

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Pan-
  1. including all people
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Pan used in phrasal verbs

  • pan out (phrasal verb)
    1. if a situation pans out in a particular way, it develops in that way
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