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Noun pan has 4 senses

pan, cooking pan - cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
--₁ is a kind of cooking utensil, cookware
--₁ has particulars:
dripping pan, drip pan; frying pan, frypan, skillet; omelet pan, omelette pan; patty-pan; roaster; saucepan; wok
Pan, the goat god - (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
--₂ is a kind of Greek deity
pan - shallow container made of metal
--₃ is a kind of container
--₃ has part: panhandle
--₃ has particulars: bain-marie; dishpan; drip pan; pannikin; warming pan
Derived form: verb pan₂
Pan, genus Pan - chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids
--₄ is a kind of mammal genus
--₄ is a member of Pongidae, family Pongidae
--₄ has members:
chimpanzee, chimp, Pan troglodytes; pygmy chimpanzee, bonobo, Pan paniscus

Verb pan has 3 senses

pan - make a sweeping movement; "The camera panned across the room"
--₁ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
pan, pan out, pan off - wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
--₂ is one way to wash

Derived form: noun pan₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
pan, tear apart, trash - express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance"
--₃ is one way to disparage, belittle, pick at
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue pan the movie