pan
 I. pan1 (păn)n.
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:
a. An open metal dish used to separate gold or other metal from gravel or waste by washing.
b. Either of the receptacles on a balance or pair of scales.
c. A vessel used for boiling and evaporating liquids.
3.
a. A basin or depression in the earth, often containing mud or water.
b. A natural or artificial basin used to obtain salt by evaporating brine.
c. Hardpan.
4. A freely floating piece of ice that has broken off a larger floe.
5. The small cavity in the lock of a flintlock used to hold powder.
6. Music. A steel drum.
7. Slang. The face.
8. Informal. Severe criticism, especially a negative review:
gave the film a pan.v. panned, pan·ning, pansv. tr.
1. To wash (gravel, for example) in a pan for gold or other precious metal.
2. To cook (food) in a pan:
panned the fish right after catching it.
3. Informal. To criticize or review harshly.v. intr.
1. To wash gravel, sand, or other sediment in a pan.
2. To yield gold as a result of washing in a pan.Phrasal Verb: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). [Middle English, from Old English panne, from West Germanic *panna, probably from Vulgar Latin *patna, from Latin patina, shallow pan, platter, from Greek patanē. See petə- in Indo-European Roots.] II. pan2 (pän)n.
1. A leaf of the betel vine.
2. A chewing preparation of this leaf with betel nuts, spices, and lime, used in the Far East. [Hindi pān, from Sanskrit parṇam, feather, betel leaf. See per-2 in Indo-European Roots.] III. pan3 (păn)v. panned, pan·ning, pansv. intr.
To move a movie or television camera to follow an object or create a panoramic effect.v. tr.
To move (a camera) so as to follow a moving object or create a panoramic effect. [Short for panorama, or panoramic.]
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