[
US
/ˈpæn/
]
VERB
- wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
-
express a totally negative opinion of
The critics panned the performance -
make a sweeping movement
The camera panned across the room
NOUN
- shallow container made of metal
- cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
How To Use pan In A Sentence
- Lobefins today have dwindled to the lungfishes and the coelacanths ‘dwindled’ as ‘fish’, that is, but mightily expanded on land: we land vertebrates are aberrant lungfish. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
- Spending on a perennial effort to expand gambling at race tracks, known as "racino," increased four-fold to about $620,000 in 2010. StarTribune.com rss feed
- Note that you'll be able to find the demonstration projects themselves as open-source projects on the companion site to the column (see Resources).
- a class in conversational Spanish.
- A lot of them were marked, or born wrong, or crooked, or scabious, looking for help from the Nazarene, for some panacea. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
- The reconnaissance is conducted by teams from the reconnaissance company of the airborne brigade and the reconnaissance platoon of an IFV-equipped airborne battalion or by a designated platoon of an airborne battalion. FM 100-61 Chptr 9 Artillery Support
- Whisk the egg in a bowl and heat a little oil in a nonstick pan. Times, Sunday Times
- He is engaged in a bitter struggle with his rival to get control of the company.
- Sudden sniffing death is particularly associated with abuse of butane, propane and chemicals in aerosols.
- Urban guerrillas detonated a car bomb in front of the company's headquarters.