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Definitions for PAN
pɑnpan

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pan, cooking pannoun

    cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel

  2. Pan, goat godnoun

    (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. pannoun

    shallow container made of metal

  4. Pan, genus Panverb

    chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids

  5. panverb

    make a sweeping movement

    "The camera panned across the room"

  6. pan, pan out, pan offverb

    wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals

  7. pan, tear apart, trashverb

    express a totally negative opinion of

    "The critics panned the performance"

GCIDE

  1. Panverb

    To criticise (a drama or literary work) harshly.

  2. Panverb

    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.

Wiktionary

  1. Pannoun

    Greek god of nature, often visualized as half goat and half man playing pipes.

  2. Pannoun

    A moon of the planet Saturn.

  3. Etymology: Old English panne, from pannōn. Cognate with Dutch pan, German Pfanne.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Pannoun

    Etymology: ponne, Saxon.

    This were but to leap out of the pan into the fire. Edmund Spenser.

    The pliant brass is laid
    On anvils, and of heads and limbs are made,
    Pans, cans. Dryden.

    Our attempts to fire the gun-powder in the pan of the pistol, succeeded not. Boyle.

  2. To Panverb

    An old word denoting to close or join together. Robert Ainsworth

ChatGPT

  1. pan

    Pan, derived from Greek, has multiple meanings depending on the context: 1. In the context of cooking, a pan is a flat, typically round or rectangular dish with shallow sides, made of metal, used for frying or roasting food. 2. In cinematography, it refers to the technique of rotating a camera horizontally on a fixed axis so that it sweeps across a scene. 3. In Greek mythology, Pan is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, nature, of mountain wilds, and rustic music. 4. In music, a steel pan is a musical instrument originating from the Caribbean, also known as steel drums. 5. In the context of computers, pan refers to the ability to move the view of a document or image in multiple directions. 6. Pan- as a prefix often conveys the meaning of 'all' or 'every', indicating universality or general applicability. The correct definition is determined by the context in which the term is being used.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pannoun

    a part; a portion

  2. Pannoun

    the distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle

  3. Pannoun

    a leaf of gold or silver

  4. Pan

    to join or fit together; to unite

  5. Pannoun

    the betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See /etel

  6. Pannoun

    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, which he is said to have invented

  7. Pannoun

    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

  8. Pannoun

    a closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum

  9. Pannoun

    the part of a flintlock which holds the priming

  10. Pannoun

    the skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium

  11. Pannoun

    a recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge

  12. Pannoun

    the hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard

  13. Pannoun

    a natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud

  14. Panverb

    to separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan

  15. Panverb

    to yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly

  16. Panverb

    to turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly

  17. Etymology: [OE. See 2d Pane.]

Wikidata

  1. Pan

    In Greek religion and mythology, Pan is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, nature of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music, and companion of the nymphs. His name originates within the Ancient Greek language, from the word paein, meaning "to pasture." He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, in the same manner as a faun or satyr. With his homeland in rustic Arcadia, he is recognized as the god of fields, groves, and wooded glens; because of this, Pan is connected to fertility and the season of spring. The ancient Greeks also considered Pan to be the god of theatrical criticism. In Roman religion and myth, Pan's counterpart was Faunus, a nature god who was the father of Bona Dea, sometimes identified as Fauna. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Pan became a significant figure in the Romantic movement of western Europe, and also in the 20th-century Neopagan movement.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Pan

    pan, n. a broad, shallow vessel for domestic use, or for use in the arts or manufactures: anything resembling a pan in shape, as the upper part of the skull: the part of a firelock which holds the priming.—v.t. to treat with the panning process, as earth, or to separate by shaking the auriferous earth with water in a pan: to obtain in any way, to secure: to cook and serve in a pan.—v.i. to yield gold: to appear, as gold, in a pan: to turn out well, according to expectation: to try to find gold with the pan process.—Pan out, to yield or afford, to result; Panned out (U.S.), exhausted, bankrupt.—Flash in the pan, to flash and go out suddenly, not igniting the charge—of the powder in the pan of a flint-lock firearm: to fail after a fitful effort, to give up without accomplishing anything; Hard-pan (see Hard). [A.S. panne—prob. through the Celt., from Low L. panna—L. patina, a basin.]

  2. Pan

    pan, n. the Greek god of pastures, flocks, and woods, worshipped in Arcadia, and fond of music—with goat's legs and feet, and sometimes horns and ears.—n. Pan's′-pipes (see Pandean).

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Pan

    in the Greek mythology a goat-man, a personification of rude nature, and the protector of flocks and herds; originally an Arcadian deity, is represented as playing on a flute of reeds joined together of different lengths, called Pan's pipes; and dancing on his cloven hoofs over glades and mountains escorted by a bevy of nymphs side by side, and playing on his pipes. There is a remarkable tradition, that on the night of the Nativity at Bethlehem an astonished voyager heard a voice exclaiming as he passed the promontory of Tarentum, "The great Pan is dead." The modern devil is invested with some of his attributes, such as cloven hoofs, &c.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. pan

    In fire-arms, is a small iron cavity of the old flint lock, adjacent to the touch-hole of the barrel, to contain the priming powder.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. pan

    That part of the lock of a musket, pistol, etc., which holds the priming powder, the necessity of which is superseded by the use of percussion-caps.

  2. pan

    The distance which is comprised between the angle of the epaul and the flanked angle in a fortification.

  3. pan

    A name well known among the shepherds of antiquity, and frequently used by modern writers in their rural fictions. In military history it signifies a man who was lieutenant-general to Bacchus and his Indian expedition. He is recorded to have been the first author of a general shout, which the Grecians practiced in the beginning of their onsets in battle.

Editors Contribution

  1. pan

    A type of product created and designed various colors, designs, sizes and styles.

    She used her pan to fry sausages. He used his pan to brush the leaves from the courtyard into.


    Submitted by MaryC on August 17, 2015  

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Mythology

  1. Pan

    The Arcadian god of shepherds, huntsmen, and country folk, and chief of the inferior deities, is usually considered to have been the son of Mercury and Penelope. After his birth he was metamorphosed into the mythical form in which we find him depicted, namely, a horned, long-eared man, with the lower half of the body like a goat. He is generally seen playing a pipe made of reeds of various lengths, which he invented himself, and from which he could produce music which charmed even the gods. These are the Pan-pipes, or. Pan’s terrific appearance once so frightened the Gauls when they invaded Greece that they ran away though no one pursued them; and the wordis said to have been derived from this episode. The Fauns, who greatly resembled Pan, were his attendants.

    “Piping on their reeds the shepherds go, Nor fear an ambush, nor suspect a foe.” (Pope.)

Who Was Who?

  1. Pan

    Monstrosity musical instrument maker, friend of poets. Born half a man and half a goat. Took after the latter. Studied music under the old masters and outfluted Apollo. Was also a sheep fancier. Fathered fife and drum corps. Ambition: A pair of shoes or a goat's appetite. Recreation: Hunting and falling in love. Address: Greece. Clubs: Musical.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PAN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pan is ranked #2847 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Pan surname appeared 12,664 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Pan.

    94% or 11,907 total occurrences were Asian.
    2.6% or 331 total occurrences were White.
    1.6% or 206 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.2% or 155 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.4% or 58 total occurrences were Black.
    0% or 9 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'PAN' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4830

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'PAN' in Nouns Frequency: #2285

Anagrams for PAN »

  1. nap

  2. nap

  3. NPA

  4. PNA

  5. NPA

  6. PNA

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of PAN in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of PAN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of PAN in a Sentence

  1. James Eagan Holmes:

    Neuroscience seemed like the way to go but it didn't pan out. In order to rehabilitate the broken mind, my soul must be eviscerated. I could not sacrifice my soul to have a 'normal' mind.

  2. Wang Guiqiang:

    > SummaryCompaniesSome cities say peak of COVID infections was last monthToo early to say how many infections are severe-Chinese expertChina embassy in South Korea suspends short-term visasChinese state media criticise Pfizer over Paxlovid priceBEIJING, Jan 10( Reuters) - Many parts of China are already past their peak of COVID-19 infections, state media reported on Tuesday, with officials further downplaying the severity of the outbreak despite international concerns about its scale and impact.A summary by Health Times, a publication managed by Peoples Daily, Peoples Daily, said infections have been declining in the capital Beijing and several Chinese provinces. One official was quoted as saying nearly all the 100 million people in Henan province had already been infected.The virus has been spreading freely in China since a policy U-turn in early December after protests against a zero-COVID regime ruthlessly enforced for three years. China reopened its borders on Sunday, removing the last major restrictions.The frequent lockdowns, relentless testing and various levels of movement curbs since early 2020 have brought the worlds second-largest economy to one of its slowest growth rates in nearly half a century and caused widespread distress.With the virus let loose, China has stopped publishing daily infection tallies and has been reporting five or fewer deaths a day since the policy U-turn, figures that have been disputed by the World Health Organisation.Many Chinese funeral homes and hospitals say they are overwhelmed, and international health experts predict at least 1 million COVID-related deaths in China this year.On Tuesday, a Health Times compilation of reports from local government officials and health experts across the country, suggested the COVID wave may be past its peak in many regions.Kan Quan, director of the Office of the Henan Provincial Epidemic Prevention and Control, was cited as saying the infection rate in the central province was nearly 90 % as of Jan. 6. The number of patients at clinics in the province reached a peak on Dec. 19, but the number of severe cases was still high, he said, without giving further details.Yin Yong, acting mayor of Beijing, was cited as saying the capital was also past its peak. Li Pan, deputy director of the Municipal Health Commission in the city of Chongqing said the peak there was reached on Dec. 20. In the province of Jiangsu, the peak was reached on Dec. 22, while in Zheijiang province the first wave of infections has passed smoothly, officials said. Two cities in the southern Guangdong province, Chinas manufacturing heartland, reached their peaks before the end of the year.Separately in the state-run China Daily, a prominent health official said the percentage of severe cases remained unclear.It is still too early to conclude the overall percentage of severe and critical COVID patients in China as different types of hospitals report different numbers, Wang Guiqiang, head of Peking University First Hospitals infectious disease department, was quoted as saying.PFIZER CRITICISMChina has dismissed criticism over its data as politically-motivated attempts to smear its success in handling the pandemic and said any future mutations are likely to be more infectious but cause less severe illness.Testing requirements introduced by several countries, including the United States, Japan, South Korea, Britain, France and others in response to Chinas COVID outbreak, were called out by foreign ministry as discriminatory.Financial markets see the new curbs as mere inconvenience, with the yuan hitting a nearly five-month high on Tuesday.South Korean and Japanese shop owners, Thai tour bus operators and K-pop groups were among those licking their lips at the prospect of more Chinese tourists.Although Beijing also demands negative COVID test results from people landing in China, officials have threatened retaliation against countries mandating tests for visitors from China.The Chinese embassy in South Korea said on Tuesday it will stop issuing short-term visas for Korean citizens.State media has also taken a swipe at Pfizer Inc( PFE.N) over the price for its COVID treatment Paxlovid.It is not a secret that U.S. capital forces have already accumulated quite a fortune from the world via selling vaccines and drugs, and the U.S. government has been coordinating all along, nationalist tabloid Global Times said in an editorial.Pfizers Chief Executive Albert Bourla said on Monday the company was in discussions with Chinese authorities about a price for Paxlovid, but not over licensing a generic version in China.The abrupt change of course in COVID policies has left Chinas health system unprepared, with many hospitals ill-equipped to handle patients in critical conditions and smaller cities scrambling to secure basic anti-fever drug supplies.Yu Weishi, chairman of Youcare Pharmaceutical Group, told Reuters Li Pan firm boosted output of its anti-fever drugs five-fold to one million boxes a day in the past month.Wang Lili, general manager at another pharmaceutical firm, CR Double Crane, told Reuters that intravenous drips were their most in-demand product.The company has since Jan. 5 done away with weekends to meet demand.We are running 24/7.

  3. Lauderdale County:

    The tips that we're getting, we're following up on as aggressively as we can. Some of them do look promising, but it takes a time to follow through on those things, we're hoping that one of them will pan out for us, and we'll be able to locate them.

  4. Marco Arop:

    I'm on top of the world right now, i was just hoping to win a medal for Canada and to have a personal record and Pan American record is just a bonus.

  5. Chisato Jono:

    ( a special cloth) that could be used over and over again, my family used to bring a cooking pan to the tofu shop to carry the tofu home. We need to look back on that.

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