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English noun: pan | |||
| 1. | pan (artifact) cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel | ||
| Synonyms | cooking pan | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cooking utensil, cookware | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | drip pan, dripping pan, frying pan, frypan, omelet pan, omelette pan, patty-pan, roaster, saucepan, skillet, wok | ||
| 2. | Pan (person) (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 | ||
| Synonyms | goat god | ||
| Instance hypernym | Greek deity | ||
| Domain category | Greek mythology | ||
| 3. | pan (artifact) shallow container made of metal | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | container | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bain-marie, dishpan, drip pan, pannikin, warming pan | ||
| Part holonym | panhandle | ||
| 4. | Pan (animal) chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids | ||
| Synonyms | genus Pan | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mammal genus | ||
| Member holonym | bonobo, chimp, chimpanzee, Pan paniscus, Pan troglodytes, pygmy chimpanzee | ||
| Member meronym | family Pongidae, Pongidae | ||
English verb: pan | |||
| 1. | pan (motion) make a sweeping movement | ||
| Samples | The camera panned across the room. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| 2. | pan (contact) wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals | ||
| Synonyms | pan off, pan out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wash | ||
| 3. | pan (communication) express a totally negative opinion of | ||
| Samples | The critics panned the performance. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue pan the movie | ||
| Synonyms | tear apart, trash | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | belittle, disparage, pick at | ||
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