PAN


Meaning of PAN in English

I . *pan

/ pæn; NAmE / noun , verb

■ noun

1.

a container, usually made of metal, with a handle or handles, used for cooking food in :

pots and pans

a large stainless steel pan

—see also frying pan , saucepan

2.

the amount contained in a pan :

a pan of boiling water

3.

( NAmE ) = tin (5):

a cake pan

4.

either of the dishes on a pair of scales that you put things into in order to weigh them

5.

( BrE ) the bowl of a toilet

—see also bedpan , dustpan , skidpan , warming pan

IDIOMS

- go down the pan

—more at flash noun

■ verb ( -nn- )

1.

[ vn ] [ usually passive ] ( informal ) to severely criticize sth such as a play or a film / movie

SYN slate

2.

if a television or video camera pans somewhere, or a person pans or pans a camera , the camera moves in a particular direction, to follow an object or to film a wide area :

[ v + adv. / prep. ]

The camera panned back to the audience.

[ vn ]

He panned the camera along the row of faces.

3.

pan (for sth) to wash soil or small stones in a pan to find gold or other valuable minerals :

[ v ]

panning for gold

[also vn ]

PHRASAL VERBS

- pan out

II . pan

= paan

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WORD ORIGIN

noun and verb sense 1 verb sense 3 and pvsym. idsym. Old English panne , of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pan , German Pfanne , perhaps based on Latin patina dish.

verb sense 2 early 20th cent.: abbreviation of panorama .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.