to photograph or televise while rotating a camera on its vertical or horizontal axis in order to keep a moving person or object in view or allow the film to record a panorama: to pan from one end of the playing field to the other during the opening of the football game.
2.
(of a camera) to be moved or manipulated in such a manner: The cameras panned occasionally during the scene.
–verb (used with object)
3.
to move (a camera) in such a manner: to pan the camera across the scene.
4.
to photograph or televise (a scene, moving character, etc.) by panning the camera.
–noun
5.
the act of panning a camera.
6.
Also called panning shot.the filmed shot resulting from this.
the ancient Greek god of forests, pastures, flocks, and shepherds, represented with the head, chest, and arms of a man and the legs and sometimes the horns and ears of a goat.
an international distress signal used by shore stations to inform a ship, aircraft, etc., of something vital to its safety or that of one of its passengers.
A shallow, wide, open container, usually of metal and without a lid, used for holding liquids, cooking, and other domestic purposes.
A vessel similar in form to a pan, especially:
An open metal dish used to separate gold or other metal from gravel or waste by washing.
Either of the receptacles on a balance or pair of scales.
A vessel used for boiling and evaporating liquids.
A basin or depression in the earth, often containing mud or water.
A natural or artificial basin used to obtain salt by evaporating brine.
Hardpan.
A basin or depression in the earth, often containing mud or water.
A natural or artificial basin used to obtain salt by evaporating brine.
Hardpan.
A freely floating piece of ice that has broken off a larger floe.
The small cavity in the lock of a flintlock used to hold powder.
Music A steel drum.
Slang The face.
Informal Severe criticism, especially a negative review: gave the film a pan.
v.
panned, pan·ning, pans
v.
tr.
To wash (gravel, for example) in a pan for gold or other precious metal.
To cook (food) in a pan: panned the fish right after catching it.
Informal To criticize or review harshly.
v.
intr.
To wash gravel, sand, or other sediment in a pan.
To yield gold as a result of washing in a pan.
Phrasal Verb(s): pan out
To turn out well; be successful: "If I don't pan out as an actor I can still go back to school"(Saul Bellow).
[Middle English, from Old English panne, from West Germanic *panna, probably from Vulgar Latin *patna, from Latin patina, shallow pan, platter, from Greek patanē; see petə- in Indo-European roots.]
O.E. panne, earlier ponne (Mercian), from W.Gmc. *panna (cf. O.N. panna, O.Fris. panne, O.L.G. panna, O.H.G. phanna, Ger. pfanne), probably an early borrowing (4c. or 5c.) from V.L. *patna, from L. patina "shallow, pan, dish," from Gk. patane "plate, dish," from PIE base *pet- "to spread." Ir. panna probably is from Eng., and Lith. pana is from German. Used of pan-shaped parts of mechanical apparatus from c.1590, hence flash in the pan, a fig. use from early firearms, where a pan held the priming (and the gunpowder might "flash," but no shot ensue). The verb meaning "criticize severely" is from 1911. Pancake is c.1430; as symbol of flatness c.1600. To pan out "turn out, succeed" (1868) is a fig. use of the lit. sense (1839) from panning for gold. To go out of the pan into the fire (1596) is first found in Spenser.
"follow with a camera," 1913 shortening of panoramic, from panoramic camera (1878). Meaning "to swing from one object to another in a scene" is from 1931. Panavision (1955) is a proprietary name of a type of wide-screen lens.
Arcadian shepherd god with upper body of a man and lower part like a goat, c.1369, a god of the woods and fields, from L., from Gk. Pan, perhaps cognate with Skt. pusan, a Vedic god, guardian and multiplier of cattle and other human possessions, lit. "nourisher." Similarity to pan "all" (see pan-) led to his being regarded as a personification of nature. Pan-pipe, upon which he supposedly played, is attested from 1820.
(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.
shallow container made of metal
4.
chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids
verb
1.
make a sweeping movement; "The camera panned across the room"
2.
wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
3.
express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance"
a metal pot usually with a long handle, used for cooking food Example: a frying-pan; a saucepan
Arabic:
قِدْر، وِعاء طَبيخ
Chinese (Simplified):
平底锅
Chinese (Traditional):
平底鍋
Czech:
pánev
Danish:
pande; -pande; gryde
Dutch:
pan
Estonian:
pann, kastrul
Finnish:
pannu
French:
casserole
German:
die Pfanne
Greek:
τηγάνι, κατσαρόλα
Hungarian:
serpenyő
Icelandic:
panna; pottur
Indonesian:
penggorengan
Japanese:
平なべ
Korean:
납작 냄비
Latvian:
panna
Lithuanian:
keptuvė, prikaistuvis
Norwegian:
panne, gryte, kasserolle
Polish:
rondel, patelnia
Portuguese (Brazil):
panela
Portuguese (Portugal):
tacho
Romanian:
tigaie; cratiţă
Russian:
сковорода;кастрюля
Slovak:
panvica
Slovenian:
ponev
Spanish:
cazuela, cazo, sartén (para freír), …
Swedish:
panna, kastrull
Turkish:
tava
pan2[pӕn]noun
(American) a tin for baking or cooking food inside an oven Example: a cake pan
Arabic:
وِعاء الطَّبْخ في الفُرْن
Chinese (Simplified):
盘状的器皿
Chinese (Traditional):
盤狀的器皿
Czech:
forma
Danish:
form; -form
Estonian:
vorm
Greek:
ταψί
Hungarian:
tepsi
Indonesian:
panci masak
Latvian:
plāts, *forma cepšanai
Lithuanian:
skarda
Polish:
rondel
Russian:
противень
Slovak:
pekáč
Spanish:
molde
Swedish:
form
Turkish:
tava, kap
pan[pӕn]verb — past tense, past participlepanned
to move (a film or television camera) so as to follow a moving object or show a wide view Example: The camera panned slowly across to the other side of the street.
The Greek god of flocks, forests, meadows, and shepherds. He had the horns and feet of a goat. Pan frolicked about the landscape, playing delightful tunes.
Note: Pan's musical instrument was a set of reed pipes, the “pipes of Pan.”
Note: According to legend, Pan was the source of scary noises in the wilderness at night. Fright at these noises was called “panic.”
Hard\, a. [Compar. Harder; superl. Hardest.] [OE. heard, AS. heard; akin to OS. & D. heard, G. hart, OHG. harti, Icel. har?r, Dan. haard, Sw. h[*a]rd, Goth. hardus, Gr.? strong, ?, ?, strength, and also to E. -ard, as in coward, drunkard, -crat, -cracy in autocrat, democracy; cf. Skr. kratu strength, ? to do, make. Cf. Hardy.]1. Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple. 2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem. The hard causes they brought unto Moses. --Ex. xviii. 26. In which are some things hard to be understood. --2 Peter iii. 16. 3. Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to cure. 4. Difficult to resist or control; powerful. The stag was too hard for the horse. --L'Estrange. A power which will be always too hard for them. --Addison. 5. Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms. I never could drive a hard bargain. --Burke. 6. Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character. 7. Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style. Figures harder than even the marble itself. --Dryden. 8. Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider. 9. (Pron.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; -- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc. 10. Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone. 11. (Painting) (a) Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition. (b) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade. Hard cancer, Hard case, etc. See under Cancer, Case, etc. Hard clam, or Hard-shelled clam (Zo["o]l.), the guahog. Hard coal, anthracite, as distinguished from bituminous or soft coal. Hard and fast. (Naut.) See under Fast. Hard finish (Arch.), a smooth finishing coat of hard fine plaster applied to the surface of rough plastering. Hard lines, hardship; difficult conditions. Hard money, coin or specie, as distinguished from paper money. Hard oyster (Zo["o]l.), the northern native oyster. [Local, U. S.] Hard pan, the hard stratum of earth lying beneath the soil; hence, figuratively, the firm, substantial, fundamental part or quality of anything; as, the hard pan of character, of a matter in dispute, etc. See Pan. Hard rubber. See under Rubber. Hard solder. See under Solder. Hard water, water, which contains lime or some mineral substance rendering it unfit for washing. See Hardness, 3. Hard wood, wood of a solid or hard texture; as walnut, oak, ash, box, and the like, in distinction from pine, poplar, hemlock, etc. In hard condition, in excellent condition for racing; having firm muscles;-said of race horses. Syn: Solid; arduous; powerful; trying; unyielding; stubborn; stern; flinty; unfeeling; harsh; difficult; severe; obdurate; rigid. See Solid, and Arduous.
Pan\, n. [OE. See 2d Pane.]1. A part; a portion. 2. (Fort.) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle. 3. [Perh. a different word.] A leaf of gold or silver.
Pan\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Gr. Myth.) 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.
Pan\, n. [OE. panne, AS. panne; cf. D. pan, G. pfanne, OHG. pfanna, Icel., Sw., LL., & Ir. panna, of uncertain origin; cf. L. patina, E. paten.]1. 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. "A bowl or a pan." --Chaucer. 2. (Manuf.) A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum. 3. The part of a flintlock which holds the priming. 4. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium. --Chaucer. 5. (C?rp.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge. 6. The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard. 7. A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud. Flash in the pan. See under Flash. To savor of the pan, to suggest the process of cooking or burning; in a theological sense, to be heretical. --Ridley. Southey.
Pan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Panned; p. pr. & vb. n. Panning.] (Mining) To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan. [U. S.] We . . . witnessed the process of cleaning up and panning out, which is the last process of separating the pure gold from the fine dirt and black sand. --Gen. W. T. Sherman.
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