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Pan

noun

Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel. Synonym: cooking pan.

(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. Synonym: goat god.

Shallow container made of metal.

Chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids. Synonym: genus Pan.

verb

(past & past part. panned; pres. part. panning)

Make a sweeping movement.

Wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals. Synonyms: pan off, pan out.

Express a totally negative opinion of. Synonyms: tear apart, trash.

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... organization of the Pan-Islamic Movement is full of hope. The leading representatives of the community in India seem anxious and determined to rouse their coreligionists from their lethargy and to create within them a new ambition for ...

— India, Its Life and Thought • John P. Jones

... shepherds on the lawn, Or ere the point of dawn, Sat simply chatting in a rustic row; Full little thought they than That the mighty Pan Was kindly come to live with them below. Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep, Was all that did their silly thoughts ...

— The Hundred Best English Poems • Various

... The frightened crew flew to their pumps, but in vain; for the briny flood rushed with such fury into their vessel, that they were glad to quit her, and tumble as fast as they could into their little jolly boat. The event showed that this was as but a leap "out of the frying pan into the fire"; for their schooner went down so suddenly as not to give them time to take a mouthful of food with them, not even so much as a brown biscuit or a pint of water. After three wretched days of feverish ...

— The Life of General Francis Marion • Mason Locke Weems

... already in possession of natives—or cannibals," suggested Mr. Damon. "Bless my frying pan! but I should hate to be captured by cannibals at my ...

— Tom Swift and his Wireless Message • Victor Appleton

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— Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls • Anonymous

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