pan

nouns

cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel

cooking pan, pan

shallow container made of metal

pan

is a type of (narrower)

any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

container

verbs

make a sweeping movement

"The camera panned across the room"

pan

is a type of (narrower)

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

"How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

go, locomote, move, travel

wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals

pan, pan off, pan out

express a totally negative opinion of

"The critics panned the performance"

pan, tear apart, trash