Pan

n.	1.	A part; a portion.
	2.	(Fort.) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
	3.	A leaf of gold or silver.
v. t. & i.	1.	To join or fit together; to unite.
n.	1.	The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See Betel.
prop. n.	1.	(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 (also called the pipes of Pan), which he is said to have invented.
n.	1.	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.
	2.	(Manuf.) A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum.
	3.	The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.
	4.	The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium.
	5.	(Carp.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
	6.	The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard.
	7.	A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud. Flash in the pan See under Flash. To savor of the pan to suggest the process of cooking or burning; in a theological sense, to be heretical. - Ridley. Southey.
v. t.	1.	(Mining) To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan. [imp. & p. p. Panned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Panning.] We . . . witnessed the process of cleaning up and panning out, which is the last process of separating the pure gold from the fine dirt and black sand. - Gen. W. T. Sherman.
	2.	To criticise (a drama or literary work) harshly.
v. i.	1.	(Mining) To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; - usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly.
	2.	To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly.
v. t. & i.	1.	(Cinematography) To scan (a movie camera), usu. in a horizontal direction, to obtain a panoramic effect; also, to move the camera so as to keep the subject in view.

Noun	1.	pan - cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel Synonyms: cooking pan
	2.	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: the goat god
	3.	pan - shallow container made of metal
	4.	Pan - chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids Synonyms: genus Pan
Verb	1.	pan - make a sweeping movement; "The camera panned across the room"
	2.	pan - wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals Synonyms: pan off, pan out
	3.	pan - express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance" Synonyms: tear apart, trash

Personal Area Networking [profile] (Bluetooth) To see a pan in your dream, symbolizes your attitudes and stance on a particular situation. It may also represent criticism and anger. If the pan is made of glass, then it represents being conscious and aware about a particular situation. To see a frying pan in your dream, represents completeness in love. Alternatively, it suggests that you need to start accepting the consequences of your actions. You may have found yourself in an inescapable situation.Photostat, X-ray, Xerox, ashpan, bake, bakepan, barbecue, baste, blame, blanch, boil, boiler, braise, brazier, bread pan, brew, broil, broiler, brown, cake pan, calotype, capture on film, censure, coddle, condemn, cook, countenance, criticize, curry, cut up, denounce, denunciate, deride, devil, dial, dishpan, do, do to perfection, double boiler, dustpan, face, facies, favor, features, film, fire, fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry, griddle, grill, grin at, heat, hit, hold in derision, kisser, knock, laugh at, laugh to scorn, lineaments, make fun of, make game of, make merry with, map, microfilm, mine, mug, mush, oven-bake, pan broiler, pan for gold, pan-broil, parboil, phiz, photograph, photomap, physiognomy, piepan, pillory, poach, point at, poke fun at, prepare, prepare food, prospect, puss, put one on, quarry, radiograph, rag, rap, razz, reprehend, ride, ridicule, roast, roaster, roentgenograph, saucepan, saute, scallop, sear, shirr, shoot, simmer, skillet, slam, smile at, snap, snapshoot, snapshot, snicker at, snigger at, snipe at, spider, steam, stew, stewpan, stir-fry, take a photograph, talbotype, toast, visage, wok

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