The definition of a pan is a container used for cooking. It can also refer to a certain amount of an item which a pan will hold.
(noun)Pan is defined as all.
(prefix)An example of pan is panhuman which refers to all of humanity.
To pan is to criticize someone harshly or to movie a video camera back and forth.
(verb)See pan in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME panne < OE, akin to Ger pfanne, early Gmc loanword < VL panna, prob. < L patina, a pan: see patella
transitive verb panned, panning
intransitive verb
noun
Origin: Hindi pān < Sans parṇa, a leaf, feather: see fern
noun
Origin: L < Gr
Origin: < Gr pan, neut. of pas, all, every, universal < IE base *eu-, a swelling, arch > L cavus, hollow
See pan in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English panne
Origin: , from West Germanic *panna
Origin: , probably from Vulgar Latin *patna
Origin: , from Latin patina, shallow pan, platter
Origin: , from Greek patanē; see petə- in Indo-European roots
.noun
Origin:
Origin: Hindi pān
Origin: , from Sanskrit parṇam, feather, betel leaf; see per-2 in Indo-European roots
.verb panned panned, pan·ning, pans verb, intransitive
Origin:
Origin: Short for panorama
Origin: or panoramic
.noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Latin Pān
Origin: , from Greek
.Origin:
Origin: Greek
Origin: , from pan
Origin: , neuter of pās, pant-, all; see pant- in Indo-European roots
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