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PAN

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Irregular inflected forms: panned    , panning   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids

Synonyms:

genus Pan; Pan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Pan" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Pan"):

chimp; chimpanzee; Pan troglodytes (intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests)

bonobo; Pan paniscus; pygmy chimpanzee (small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species)

Holonyms ("Pan" is a member of...):

family Pongidae; Pongidae (usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas; chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shallow container made of metal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pan" is a kind of...):

container (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))

Meronyms (parts of "pan"):

panhandle (the handle of a pan)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pan"):

bain-marie (a large pan that is filled with hot water; smaller pans containing food can be set in the larger pan to keep food warm or to cook food slowly)

dishpan (large pan for washing dishes)

drip pan (pan under a refrigerator for collecting liquid waste)

pannikin (a small pan or cup (usually of tin))

warming pan (a long-handled covered pan holding live coals to warm a bed)

Derivation:

pan (wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel

Synonyms:

cooking pan; pan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pan" is a kind of...):

cooking utensil; cookware (a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pan"):

drip pan; dripping pan (pan for catching drippings under roasting meat)

frying pan; frypan; skillet (a pan used for frying foods)

omelet pan; omelette pan (pan for cooking omelets)

patty-pan (a pan for cooking patties or pasties)

roaster (a special cooking pan for roasting)

saucepan (a deep pan with a handle; used for stewing or boiling)

wok (pan with a convex bottom; used for frying in Chinese cooking)

Sense 4

Meaning:

(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

Synonyms:

goat god; Pan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Greek deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Express a totally negative opinion of

Example:

The critics panned the performance

Synonyms:

pan; tear apart; trash

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "pan" is one way to...):

belittle; disparage; pick at (express a negative opinion of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue pan the movie

Sense 2

Meaning:

Wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals

Synonyms:

pan; pan off; pan out

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "pan" is one way to...):

wash (separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

pan (shallow container made of metal)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make a sweeping movement

Example:

The camera panned across the room

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "pan" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Credits

 Context examples: 

A pyrrolotriazine-based compound and a pan inhibitor of receptor tyrosine kinases with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Pan HER/VEGFR2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor BMS-690514, NCI Thesaurus)

When it comes down to hard-pan, I can digest scrap-iron.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Great applause as Mr. Weller deposited a little key on the table and subsided, the warming pan clashed and waved wildly, and it was some time before order could be restored.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

A replication-defective, recombinant adenoviral serotype 5 (Ad5) encoding human guanylyl cyclase C (hGCC) and the synthetic Pan DR epitope (PADRE), with potential antineoplastic and immunomodulating activities.

(Adenovirus 5-Human Guanylyl Cyclase C-PADRE Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

By specifically targeting class I PI3K alpha, this agent may be more efficacious and less toxic than pan PI3K inhibitors.

(PI3K alpha Inhibitor INK1117, NCI Thesaurus)

By specifically targeting class I PI3K beta, this agent may be more efficacious and less toxic than pan PI3K inhibitors.

(PI3Kbeta Inhibitor AZD8186, NCI Thesaurus)

By specifically targeting class I PI3K alpha and beta, this agent may be more efficacious and less toxic than pan PI3K inhibitors.

(PI3K Alpha/Beta Inhibitor BAY1082439, NCI Thesaurus)

There were other things on the sled—blankets, an axe, and a coffee-pot and frying-pan; but prominent, occupying most of the space, was the long and narrow oblong box.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

It is used in medicine and dentistry and in many products such as foil, cans, pots and pans, airplanes, siding, and roofs.

(Aluminum, NCI Dictionary)

The Kalahari was once a much wetter place, with ancient Lake Makgadikgadi covering today's Makgadikgadi Pan.

(Sleeping sands of the Kalahari awaken after more than 10,000 years, NSF)