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Definition pan in American English

pan verb

verb
/pæn/
1

to criticize someone or something very strongly

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2

if a camera pans, or if you pan it, it moves sideways slowly to film something else or to follow something that is moving

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3

to try to find small pieces of gold among stones by washing the stones in a pan

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Definition pan in American English