pan
pan
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pān
/pˈan/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "pan"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāύ, āĻšāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ

a metal container with a long handle and a lid, used for cooking
pan definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He heated the oil in the pan before adding the chicken.
āĻŽā§āϰāĻ—āĻŋ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇ āϤ⧇āϞ āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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the face of a person

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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She had a cheerful pan that lit up the room.
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āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to give a strong, negative review or opinion about something
Transitive: to pan sth
to pan definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite high expectations, the restaurant was panned by customers for its slow service and bland food.
āωāĻšā§āϚ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āϰ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧋āϰāĻžāρāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϧ⧀āϰ āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύ⧀āϰāϏ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏ⧋āύāĻž āϖ⧁āρāϜāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋ āϧ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to wash gravel or sediment in a shallow container to separate valuable minerals, such as gold
Transitive: to pan gravel or sediment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Miners often panned the stream beds in search of gold flakes and nuggets.
āĻ–āύāĻŋāϜ āĻļā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āϏ⧋āύāĻžāϰ āĻĢā§āϞ⧇āĻ•ā§āϏ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāĻžāϗ⧇āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϰ⧋āϤ⧇āϰ āϤāϞāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āϧ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϤāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to move a camera smoothly in a horizontal or vertical plane, capturing a wide view of a scene
Transitive: to pan a camera
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the action sequence, the cameraman skillfully panned the camera to follow the fast-moving car chase.
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻļāύ āϏāĻŋāϕ⧋āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϚāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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used to indicate inclusion or involvement of all or a wide range of elements, groups, or areas

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The documentary took a pan-African perspective on wildlife conservation.
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