Definition of Pan

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Definition of Pan

Pan

A part; a portion.

The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.

A leaf of gold or silver.

To join or fit together; to unite.

The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See /etel.

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.

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 closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum.

The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.

The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium.

A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.

The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard.

A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud.

To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan.

To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly.

To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly.

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Pan Quotations

We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire.
Eric Hoffer

If I flop, let 'em pan me.
Knute Rockne

I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it.
Julie Andrews

And I was in another band called Flash In The Pan, which was soca, Latin music, down in Laguna Beach.
Travis Barker

What I'm trying to do now in my life - not just with the building, but with everything - is to construct things that will have enduring qualities, and won't just be ephemeral flashes in the pan.
Sylvester Stallone

It took me so many years to move out. I'm definitely a bit of a Peter Pan, reluctant to grow up. It all seemed really nice at home-why change it? Part of me would prefer not to have any responsibility whatsoever.
Helena Bonham Carter

I was like any new bride, who said, 'I'm going to cook for my man.' In fact, once I started a small kitchen fire in a pan. Smoke was pouring from the pan, and I got really scared. Right next to our stove is a small fire extinguisher. You know, easy access.
Catherine Zeta-Jones

I don't like to have to pan for gold when I read.
Jonathan Carroll

I have taken the marshmallows off the sweet potatoes, however. They would make a big pan of sweet potatoes and cover it with marshmallows. My kids would love it if I would do that for them!
Edie Brickell

A lot of people who want to cook with less fat are surprised by that. You can cook vegetables in a little water in a covered pan and then throw the fat into the residual liquid to coat them.
Sally Schneider

Pan Translations

Pan in Dutch is Pan
pan in German is Pfanne
pan in Italian is padella, pentola
Pan in Portuguese is Bandeja
pan in Spanish is marmita

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