| pan | |
| 1. s. A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking. | |
| 2. s. The contents of such a receptacle. | |
| 3. s. A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home. | |
| 4. s. (Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin. | |
| 5. s. A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water. | |
| 6. s. (geography) a specific type of lake, natural depression or basin. They are sometimes associated with desert areas. | |
| 7. s. Strong adverse criticism. | |
| 8. s. A loaf of bread. | |
| 9. s. (now) The chamber pot in a close stool; label, en, now the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support. | |
| 10. s. (slang) A human face, a mug. | |
| 11. s. (roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel. | |
| 12. s. A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan. | |
| 13. s. The part of a flintlock that holds the priming. | |
| 14. s. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan. | |
| 15. s. (figurative) The brain, seen as one's intellect | |
| 16. s. (carpentry) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge. | |
| 17. s. The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil; hardpan. | |
| 18. v. To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold). | |
| 19. v. To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely. | |
| 20. v. (intransitive) With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful. | |
| 21. v. (transitive, informal, of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly. | |
| 22. v. (informal) To criticize harshly a work (like a book, movie, etc.) | |
| 23. v. (intransitive) Of a camera, etc.: to turn horizontally. | |
| 24. v. (intransitive, photography) To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film | |
| 25. v. (audio) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage. | |
| 26. s. alternative form of paan | |
| 27. v. To join or fit together; to unite. | |
| 28. s. A part; a portion. | |
| 29. s. (fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle. | |
| 30. s. A leaf of gold or silver. | |
| 31. adj. (informal) Pansexual. | |
