noun
- Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
- synonyms: cooking pan
- Greek mythology. ( 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)
- synonyms: goat god
- Shallow container made of metal.
- Chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids.
- synonyms: genus Pan
verb
- Make a sweeping movement.
- usage: "The camera panned across the room"
- Wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals.
- Express a totally negative opinion of.
- usage: "The critics panned the performance"
- synonyms: tear apart, trash
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