PAN (panned, panning)

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Irregular inflected forms: panned    , panning   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pan mean? 

• PAN (noun)
  The noun PAN has 4 senses:

1. cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel

2. (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

3. shallow container made of metal

4. chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids

  Familiarity information: PAN used as a noun is uncommon.

• PAN (verb)
  The verb PAN has 3 senses:

1. make a sweeping movement

2. wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals

3. express a totally negative opinion of

  Familiarity information: PAN used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cooking pan; pan

Hypernyms ("pan" is a kind of...):

cooking utensil; cookware (a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pan"):

drip pan; dripping pan (pan for catching drippings under roasting meat)

frying pan; frypan; skillet (a pan used for frying foods)

omelet pan; omelette pan (pan for cooking omelets)

patty-pan (a pan for cooking patties or pasties)

roaster (a special cooking pan for roasting)

saucepan (a deep pan with a handle; used for stewing or boiling)

wok (pan with a convex bottom; used for frying in Chinese cooking)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

goat god; Pan

Instance hypernyms:

Greek deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Shallow container made of metal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pan" is a kind of...):

container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))

Meronyms (parts of "pan"):

panhandle (the handle of a pan)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pan"):

bain-marie (a large pan that is filled with hot water; smaller pans containing food can be set in the larger pan to keep food warm or to cook food slowly)

dishpan (large pan for washing dishes)

drip pan (pan under a refrigerator for collecting liquid waste)

pannikin (a small pan or cup (usually of tin))

warming pan (a long-handled covered pan holding live coals to warm a bed)

Derivation:

pan (wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pan; Pan

Hypernyms ("Pan" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Pan"):

chimp; chimpanzee; Pan troglodytes (intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests)

bonobo; Pan paniscus; pygmy chimpanzee (small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species)

Holonyms ("Pan" is a member of...):

family Pongidae; Pongidae (usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas; chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons)

• PAN (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they pan    ... he / she / it pans   
Past simple: panned   
Past participle: panned   
-ing form: panning   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a sweeping movement

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The camera panned across the room

Hypernyms (to "pan" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

pan; pan off; pan out

Hypernyms (to "pan" is one way to...):

wash (separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

pan (shallow container made of metal)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Express a totally negative opinion of

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

pan; tear apart; trash

Context example:

The critics panned the performance

Hypernyms (to "pan" is one way to...):

belittle; disparage; pick at (express a negative opinion of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue pan the movie

 Context examples 

However, I’ll try and set up a trade in pots and pans, and you shall stand in the market and sell them.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Of the satellites studied, the surfaces of those closest to Saturn - Daphnis and Pan - are the most altered by ring materials.

(NASA's Cassini Finds Saturn's Rings Coat Tiny Moons, NASA)

Returning, he gathered his pots and pans together, packed his grub-box, and rolled up his bed.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

“Cooky, by the time you’ve finished pots and pans you’ll be wanted on deck. Stand ready for a call.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A pan alpha-v human monoclonal antibody that recognizes alpha-v beta-1, alpha-v beta-3, alpha-v beta-5, and alpha-v beta-6 integrins with antiangiogenic and antitumor activities.

(Intetumumab, NCI Thesaurus)

A peptide-based vaccine containing a pan HLA DR-binding epitope (PADRE) fused to a cytomegalovirus (CMV) peptide epitope, with potential anti-viral and immunomodulating activities.

(PADRE-CMV Fusion Peptide Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

An orally bioavailable pan inhibitor of phosphoinositide-3-kinases (PI3K) and inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), with potential antineoplastic activity.

(pan-PI3K/mTOR Inhibitor PQR309, NCI Thesaurus)

An orally bioavailable inhibitor of both phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) class I and pan histone deacetylase (HDAC) enzymes, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(PI3K/HDAC Inhibitor CUDC-907, NCI Thesaurus)

An orally bioavailable, pan fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) inhibitor with potential antineoplastic activity.

(pan-FGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor JNJ-42756493, NCI Thesaurus)

A pan inhibitor of human fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs) with potential antiangiogenic and antineoplastic activities.

(Pan-FGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor BAY1163877, NCI Thesaurus)