Etymology : Middle English panne, from Old English , from Latin patina, from Greek patanE
Pronunciation : 'pan
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. chimpanzees. Greek god who guards and protects shepherds and their herds (Greek Mythology). flat shallow pan for frying food; pot for cooking food; toilet; basin, bowl. cook food in a frying pan; criticize harshly; move a video camera from one side to the other to capture a panoramic view. pref. all, total, complete (i.e. Pan-American). pan\pan\, v. i.
2. (mining) to yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly.
3. to turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly. [slang, u. s.]pan \pan\ , n. [l., fr. gr. .] (gr. myth.) the god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. he is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe, which he is said to have invented.pan \pan\, n. [oe. panne, as. panne; cf. d. pan, g. pfanne, ohg. pfanna, icel., sw., ll., & ir. panna, of uncertain origin; cf. l. patina, e. paten.].
4. a shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for setting milk for cream, for frying or baking food, etc.; also employed for various uses in manufacturing. "a bowl or a pan.".
5. (manuf.) a closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. see:
vacuum pan, under vacuum.
6. the part of a flintlock which holds the priming.
7. the skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium.
8. (c rp.) a recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
9. the hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. see:
hard pan, under hard.
10. a natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud.
11. Combining forms signifying all, every; as, panorama, pantheism, pantagraph, pantograph.
12. Pan- becomes pam- before b or p, as pamprodactylous.
13. A part; a portion.
14. The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
15. A leaf of gold or silver.
16. To join or fit together; to unite.
17. The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc.
18. See &?;etel.
19. The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting.
20. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe, which he is said to have invented.
21. A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for setting milk for cream, for frying or baking food, etc.; also employed for various uses in manufacturing.
22. A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating.
23. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum.
24. The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.
25. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium.
26. A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
27. The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil.
28. See Hard pan, under Hard.
29. A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud.
30. To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan.
31. To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly.
32. To turn out ; to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly. chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids shallow container made of metal cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance" wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals make a sweeping movement; "The camera panned across the room".
33. "panne; pan shot".
34. 1. A pan is a round metal container with a long handle, which is used for cooking things in, usually on top of a cooker or stove. Heat the butter and oil in a large pan. = saucepan.
35. If something such as a film or a book is panned by journalists, they say it is very bad. His first high-budget movie, called `Brain Donors', was panned by the critics. = slate.
36. If you pan a film or television camera or if it pans somewhere, it moves slowly round so that a wide area is filmed. The camera panned along the line of players A television camera panned the stadium.
37. If someone pans for gold, they use a shallow metal container to try to find small pieces of gold from a river. People came westward in the 1800s to pan for gold Every year they panned about a ton and a half of gold. To move (a camera) so as to follow a moving object or create a panoramic effect. in Greek mythology, the god of fields, forests, and shepherds. 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. Greek fertility deity with a half-human, half-animal form. The Romans associated him with Faunus. Pan was usually said to be the son of Hermes. He was often represented as a vigorous and lustful figure with the horns, legs, and ears of a goat; in later art his human parts were more emphasized. Some Christian depictions of the Devil bear a striking resemblance to Pan. Pan haunted the high hills, where he was chiefly concerned with flocks and herds. Like a shepherd, Pan was a piper, and he rested at noon. He could inspire irrational terror in humans, and the word panic comes from his name. Pan p'o Pan American Sports Games Pan American World Airways Inc. Pan Am Pan Gu Pan African movement Pan American Highway Pan American Union Pan Arabism Pan Germanism Pan Slavism Pan Turkism Tin Pan Alley.