pans

1. A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
2. The contents of such a receptacle.
3. A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
4. A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
5. A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
6. An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially
7. Short for hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.
8. Strong adverse criticism.
9. A loaf of bread.
10. The chamber pot in a close stool; the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.
11. A human face, a mug.
12. (roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
13. A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
14. The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.
15. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
16. The brain, seen as one's intellect
17. A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.

1. To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
2. To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.
3. With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.
4. (of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
5. To criticize harshly a work (like a book, movie, etc.)

1. Of a camera, etc.: to turn horizontally.
2. To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360 degrees from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
3. (audio) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.

verb

To join or fit together; to unite.

1. A part; a portion.
2. (fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
3. A leaf of gold or silver.

1. Meanings relating to a wind instrument.
2. Meanings relating to a hollow conduit.
3. Meanings relating to a container.
4. Meanings relating to something resembling a tube.
5. Meanings relating to computing.
6. Meanings relating to a smoking implement.