pan
/pæn/
verb
- To criticize severely.
- The new restaurant was panned in the local newspaper.
- The critics panned the movie for its weak plot.
- Her performance was panned by the audience.
- To move a camera horizontally to follow a subject or show a wide view.
- He panned the shot slowly to show the entire landscape.
- The camera panned across the crowd to capture their reactions.
- During the scene, the director panned from left to right.
- To wash gravel or sand in a pan to separate gold or other valuable minerals.
- The miners panned the riverbed for weeks without success.
- They panned for gold in the stream all afternoon.
- He panned the gravel carefully, looking for any glitter.
noun
- A metal container used for cooking, typically with a handle and one or two long handles.
- He washed the pan after making pasta.
- She fried the eggs in a non-stick pan.
- The recipe calls for a large pan to boil the potatoes.
- A container similar to a pan used for other purposes, such as a baking pan or a bedpan.
- She placed the cookies on a baking pan.
- The patient used a bedpan while recovering in the hospital.
- Pour the batter into a greased cake pan.
- A shallow, open container used for washing gravel or sand to separate gold or other valuable minerals.
- The prospector used a pan to search for gold in the river.
- They found a few flakes of gold in the pan after hours of work.
- He swirled the pan to separate the heavier minerals.
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