pans
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/pænz/
English
Definitions
noun
- A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
- The contents of such a receptacle.
- A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
- A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
verb
- To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
- To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.
- With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.
- (of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
verb
- Of a camera, etc.: to turn horizontally.
- 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.
- (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.
verb
- To join or fit together; to unite.
noun
- A part; a portion.
- (fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
- A leaf of gold or silver.
noun
- Meanings relating to a wind instrument.
- Meanings relating to a hollow conduit.
- Meanings relating to a container.
- Meanings relating to something resembling a tube.
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