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panning
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[pan], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a metal container used for cooking food in
(e.g: heat the olive oil in a heavy pan)
- a hollow in the ground in which water may collect or in which a deposit of salt remains after water has evaporated
- a hard stratum of compacted soil
(e.g: heavy spikes can be useful in breaking a surface pan in grassland)
- a person's face
Phrases:
- go down the pan
Origin
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Old English panne, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pan, German Pfanne, perhaps based on Latin patina ‘dish’
[pan], (Verb)
Definitions:
- criticize severely
(e.g: the movie was panned by the critics)
- wash gravel in a pan to separate out (gold)
(e.g: the old-timers panned gold)
Phrases:
- go down the pan
Origin
:
Old English panne, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pan, German Pfanne, perhaps based on Latin patina ‘dish’
[pan], (Verb)
Definitions:
- swing (a video or film camera) in a horizontal or vertical plane, typically to give a panoramic effect or follow a subject
(e.g: he was panning the camera over everything in sight)
Phrases:
- pan and scan
Origin
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early 20th century: abbreviation of panorama
[pan], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a panning movement
(e.g: that slow pan over London)
Phrases:
- pan and scan
Origin
:
early 20th century: abbreviation of panorama
[pɑːn], (Noun)
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[pan], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a god of flocks and herds, typically represented with the horns, ears, and legs of a goat on a man's body. His sudden appearance was supposed to cause terror similar to that of a frightened and stampeding herd, and the word panic is derived from his name
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Origin
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probably originally in the sense ‘the feeder’ (i.e. herdsman), although the name was regularly associated with Greek pas or pan (= ‘all’), giving rise to his identification as a god of nature or the universe
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