pan

Noun

pan noun

1. A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
2. The contents of such a receptacle.
3. A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
4. A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.

pan noun

1. Meanings relating to a wind instrument.
2. Meanings relating to a hollow conduit.
3. Meanings relating to a container.
4. Meanings relating to something resembling a tube.

pan noun

1. A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf.

pan noun

1. A part; a portion.
2. (fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
3. A leaf of gold or silver.

Verb

pan verb

1. To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
2. To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.
3. With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.
4. (of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.

pan verb

1. Of a camera, etc.: to turn horizontally.
2. To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360 degrees from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
3. (audio) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.

pan verb

1. To join or fit together; to unite.

Adjective

pan adjective

1. Pansexual.