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Meaning of pan

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

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

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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