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verb/pæn/
/pæn/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they pan | /pæn/ /pæn/ |
| he / she / it pans | /pænz/ /pænz/ |
| past simple panned | /pænd/ /pænd/ |
| past participle panned | /pænd/ /pænd/ |
| -ing form panning | /ˈpænɪŋ/ /ˈpænɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, usually passive] (informal) to severely criticize something such as a play or a film synonym slate
- be panned (by somebody) The television series was panned by critics and viewers alike.
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- [intransitive, transitive] if a television or video camera pans somewhere, or a person pans or pans a camera, the camera moves in a particular direction, to follow an object or to film a wide area
- + adv./prep. The camera panned back to the audience.
- pan something + adv./prep. He panned the camera along the row of faces.
- [intransitive, transitive] pan (for) something to wash soil or small stones in a pan to find gold or other valuable minerals
- panning for gold
Word Originverb sense 1 and verb sense 3 Old English panne, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pan, German Pfanne, perhaps based on Latin patina ‘dish’.
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