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pan

(p/&/n )

cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
cooking pan

source: wordnet30
(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(noun.person)

Synonym:
goat god

source: wordnet30
shallow container made of metal(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids(noun.animal)

Synonym:
genus pan

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A part; a portion.(noun)

source: webster1913
The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See &?;etel.(noun)

source: webster1913
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.(noun)

source: webster1913
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

make a sweeping movement(verb.motion)

Example:
The camera panned across the room.

source: wordnet30
wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals(verb.contact)

Synonym:
pan off, pan out

source: wordnet30
express a totally negative opinion of(verb.communication)

Example:
The critics panned the performance.

Synonym:
tear apart, trash

source: wordnet30
To join or fit together; to unite.(verb)

source: webster1913
To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan.(verb)

source: webster1913
To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly.(verb)

source: webster1913