Pan
/pæn/noun
A shallow, usually round, dish used for cooking or baking, mostly in the kitchen.
She heated the pan and added vegetables to it.
Often appears as...
- frying pan
- sauté pan
verb
To criticize someone or something harshly.
The critics panned the movie.
Often appears as...
- panned by critics
- panned for performance
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To move a camera horizontally following or capturing the action.
The camera panned across the room to reveal the surprise guest.
Often appears as...
- pan the camera
- pan to the left
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A flat, rectangular container, often with a lid, used for storing things.
He stored his tools in a metal pan.
Often appears as...
- metal pan
- plastic pan
noun
A leaf-shaped instrument made of steel with a series of notes, played by hitting it with a stick. It is a popular musical instrument in the Caribbean.
At the carnival, there was a man playing a melody on the steel pan.
Often appears as...
- steel pan
- pan player
noun
A shallow, usually round, dish used for cooking or baking, mostly in the kitchen.
She heated the pan and added vegetables to it.
Often appears as...
- frying pan
- sauté pan
verb
To criticize someone or something harshly.
The critics panned the movie.
Often appears as...
- panned by critics
- panned for performance
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To move a camera horizontally following or capturing the action.
The camera panned across the room to reveal the surprise guest.
Often appears as...
- pan the camera
- pan to the left
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A flat, rectangular container, often with a lid, used for storing things.
He stored his tools in a metal pan.
Often appears as...
- metal pan
- plastic pan
noun
A leaf-shaped instrument made of steel with a series of notes, played by hitting it with a stick. It is a popular musical instrument in the Caribbean.
At the carnival, there was a man playing a melody on the steel pan.
Often appears as...
- steel pan
- pan player
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Kitchen Essential
Refers to various types of cooking vessels.
Can you grab the pan from the cupboard?
Pro Tip 2/2Heat Conductor
Used to heat food evenly; quality depends on material.
This copper pan conducts heat very well.
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Sleepy Harbour Seals and...
obviously I've got on the beach sits on a nice soft sand which means all the legs keep digging it so as I'm trying to pan or get nice smooth shots of the seals the legs are just going deeper and deeper and all the footage is going to take in just judging about if I had thought this through I would have done this brought something
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Martin Hanczyc: The line...
And it's a pool that's too difficult to fully characterize, even by modern methods, and the product looks brown, like this tar here on the left. A pure compound is shown on the right, for contrast. So this is similar to what happens when you take pure sugar crystals in your kitchen, you put them in a pan, and you apply energy.
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Gordon Cooks Whitefish PIPE...
now for the final cook. Don't get too clever with this white fish. First of all, I'm going to have to follow that technique and cook over wood, otherwise if you start filleting it, cooking it skin side down, nonstick pan, you're going to get absolutely slaughtered. So keep it simple, but a nice little find, the whitefish.
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How optical illusions...
into the three-dimensional world you see around you, where edges should get extra attention because things with edges can help you or kill you. Look at that muffin pan again. You know what causes confusion here? Your brain's visual cortex operates on assumptions about the lighting of this image.
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Steve Silberman: The...
but a number of his theories didn't pan out. He classified autism as a form of infantile psychosis caused by cold and unaffectionate parents. These children, he said, had been kept neatly in a refrigerator that didn't defrost. At the same time, however,
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An ode to traditional...
normal standard iron pan or stainless i plan what happen is when you apply oil on that surface the oil would wet the surface and this is the oil that would be really important if you want to create a surface that does not stick
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A scientific approach to...
That's showing someone that you care what they're saying. That's respect. Now, yes, most of these searches will come up empty, but that's how all of science works. Every cure for cancer so far has not panned out,
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What we didn't know...
So he sat me down, and he warned me. He was like, "Be careful going down this path. I'm not sure this project's going to pan out." Because he was afraid I was walking into a trap.
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Ranger uses Roar to...
at first it's not clear whether his pan is working it looks like they turning around and coming back into the real world just watching them carefully I
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Maya Penn: Meet a young...
May I help you, sir? Uh, let's see. We have pan seared registry error sprinkled with the finest corrupted data,
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Sleepy Harbour Seals and...
obviously I've got on the beach sits on a nice soft sand which means all the legs keep digging it so as I'm trying to pan or get nice smooth shots of the seals the legs are just going deeper and deeper and all the footage is going to take in just judging about if I had thought this through I would have done this brought something
Video examples
Martin Hanczyc: The line...
And it's a pool that's too difficult to fully characterize, even by modern methods, and the product looks brown, like this tar here on the left. A pure compound is shown on the right, for contrast. So this is similar to what happens when you take pure sugar crystals in your kitchen, you put them in a pan, and you apply energy.
Video examples
Gordon Cooks Whitefish PIPE...
now for the final cook. Don't get too clever with this white fish. First of all, I'm going to have to follow that technique and cook over wood, otherwise if you start filleting it, cooking it skin side down, nonstick pan, you're going to get absolutely slaughtered. So keep it simple, but a nice little find, the whitefish.
Video examples
How optical illusions...
into the three-dimensional world you see around you, where edges should get extra attention because things with edges can help you or kill you. Look at that muffin pan again. You know what causes confusion here? Your brain's visual cortex operates on assumptions about the lighting of this image.
Video examples
Steve Silberman: The...
but a number of his theories didn't pan out. He classified autism as a form of infantile psychosis caused by cold and unaffectionate parents. These children, he said, had been kept neatly in a refrigerator that didn't defrost. At the same time, however,
Video examples
An ode to traditional...
normal standard iron pan or stainless i plan what happen is when you apply oil on that surface the oil would wet the surface and this is the oil that would be really important if you want to create a surface that does not stick
Video examples
A scientific approach to...
That's showing someone that you care what they're saying. That's respect. Now, yes, most of these searches will come up empty, but that's how all of science works. Every cure for cancer so far has not panned out,
Video examples
What we didn't know...
So he sat me down, and he warned me. He was like, "Be careful going down this path. I'm not sure this project's going to pan out." Because he was afraid I was walking into a trap.
Video examples
Ranger uses Roar to...
at first it's not clear whether his pan is working it looks like they turning around and coming back into the real world just watching them carefully I
Video examples
Maya Penn: Meet a young...
May I help you, sir? Uh, let's see. We have pan seared registry error sprinkled with the finest corrupted data,
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Priscilla Chan
American Philanthropist
We've invested in Newark's children, the schools and teachers, and these are long-term bets that need a number of years to really pan out. We've seen and learned how important it is to listen to the community and really get a sense of what they need and want. And it's a long journey.
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David Mamet
American Dramatist
There's nothing in the world more silent than the telephone the morning after everybody pans your play. It won't ring from room service; your mother won't be calling you. If the phone has not rung by 8 in the morning, you're dead.
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Little Richard
American Musician
People called rock & roll 'African music.' They called it 'voodoo music.' They said that it would drive the kids insane. They said that it was just a flash in the pan - the same thing that they always used to say about hip-hop.
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Tom Weston-Jones
English Actor
I'm a big fan of 'National Geographic', the magazine and the channel. Anything to do with the natural world. For years, when I was younger, I was convinced I would be a nature photographer, but that didn't pan out.
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Hornswoggle
American Wrestler
The minute you start getting down about how your life is panned out - I'm not a religious person, but how God made ya - the minute you get down about that, it's gonna eat at you and eat at you.
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Tyson Fury
American Athlete
Nothing has run smoothly with me throughout my life. Everything has had ups and downs and lefts and rights, and that's just the way it has panned out for me, unfortunately.
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J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
After your knife and your cutting board, quality pots and pans are the most important tools in your kitchen, and a good set can run hundreds, even thousands, of dollars.
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Heather Matarazzo
American Actress
It doesn't matter if a critic pans or praises my movies, I am only concerned about that one audience member and what their experience is.
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Columbus Short
American Actor
I'm afraid of what happens if this career doesn't pan out, because I have so much invested in it that I can't turn back now.
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William S. Burroughs
American Writer
No one owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death.
Quote examples
Priscilla Chan
American Philanthropist
We've invested in Newark's children, the schools and teachers, and these are long-term bets that need a number of years to really pan out. We've seen and learned how important it is to listen to the community and really get a sense of what they need and want. And it's a long journey.
Quote examples
David Mamet
American Dramatist
There's nothing in the world more silent than the telephone the morning after everybody pans your play. It won't ring from room service; your mother won't be calling you. If the phone has not rung by 8 in the morning, you're dead.
Quote examples
Little Richard
American Musician
People called rock & roll 'African music.' They called it 'voodoo music.' They said that it would drive the kids insane. They said that it was just a flash in the pan - the same thing that they always used to say about hip-hop.
Quote examples
Tom Weston-Jones
English Actor
I'm a big fan of 'National Geographic', the magazine and the channel. Anything to do with the natural world. For years, when I was younger, I was convinced I would be a nature photographer, but that didn't pan out.
Quote examples
Hornswoggle
American Wrestler
The minute you start getting down about how your life is panned out - I'm not a religious person, but how God made ya - the minute you get down about that, it's gonna eat at you and eat at you.
Quote examples
Tyson Fury
American Athlete
Nothing has run smoothly with me throughout my life. Everything has had ups and downs and lefts and rights, and that's just the way it has panned out for me, unfortunately.
Quote examples
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
After your knife and your cutting board, quality pots and pans are the most important tools in your kitchen, and a good set can run hundreds, even thousands, of dollars.
Quote examples
Heather Matarazzo
American Actress
It doesn't matter if a critic pans or praises my movies, I am only concerned about that one audience member and what their experience is.
Quote examples
Columbus Short
American Actor
I'm afraid of what happens if this career doesn't pan out, because I have so much invested in it that I can't turn back now.
Quote examples
William S. Burroughs
American Writer
No one owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death.
Example 1 of 10
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