1. [n]  chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids
2. [n]  shallow container made of metal
3. [n]  cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
4. [n]  (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
5. [v]  express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance"
6. [v]  wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
7. [v]  make a sweeping movement; "The camera panned across the room"

Pan
This pastoral love story takes place in a remote country village in Norway, An army officer on furlough falls in love with a local girl who alternately encourages and spurns him. His obsession is only increased by her moods, and eventually he can think of nothing else. The operatic nature of the tale is reflected in the ornate and exquisitely lyrical prose with which the author tells it. It is one of Hamsun`s most famous books and was, from the time of its first publication, one of his most popular as well.

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1. \Pan-\, Panta- \Pan"ta-\, Panto- \Pan"to-\ [Gr. ?, m.,
   ?,neut., gen. ?, all.]
   Combining forms signifying all, every; as, panorama,
   pantheism, pantagraph, pantograph. Pan- becomes pam- before b
   or p, as pamprodactylous.
   

2. \Pan\, n. [OE. See 2d {Pane}.]
   1. A part; a portion.
   2. (Fort.) The distance comprised between the angle of the
      epaule and the flanked angle.
   3. [Perh. a different word.] A leaf of gold or silver.
   

3. \Pan\, v. t. & i. [Cf. F. pan skirt, lappet, L. pannus a
   cloth, rag, W. panu to fur, to full.]
   To join or fit together; to unite. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
   

4. \Pan\, n. [Hind. p[=a]n, Skr. parna leaf.]
   The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf,
   etc. See {?etel}.
   

5. \Pan\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Gr. Myth.)
   The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing
   and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and
   trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and
   as playing on the shepherd's pipe, which he is said to have
   invented.
   

6. \Pan\, n. [OE. panne, AS. panne; cf. D. pan, G. pfanne, OHG.
   pfanna, Icel., Sw., LL., & Ir. panna, of uncertain origin;
   cf. L. patina, E. paten.]
   1. A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed
      for many domestic uses, as for setting milk for cream, for
      frying or baking food, etc.; also employed for various
      uses in manufacturing. ``A bowl or a pan.'' --Chaucer.
   2. (Manuf.) A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See
      {Vacuum pan}, under {Vacuum}.
   3. The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.
   4. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain;
      the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium.
      --Chaucer.
   5. (C?rp.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
   6. The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See
      {Hard pan}, under {Hard}.
   7. A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud.
   {Flash in the pan}. See under {Flash}.
   {To savor of the pan}, to suggest the process of cooking or
      burning; in a theological sense, to be heretical.
      --Ridley. Southey.
   

7. \Pan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Panned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Panning}.] (Mining)
   To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind
   of pan. [U. S.]
         We . . . witnessed the process of cleaning up and
         panning out, which is the last process of separating
         the pure gold from the fine dirt and black sand. --Gen.
                                                  W. T. Sherman.
   

8. \Pan\, v. i.
   1. (Mining) To yield gold in, or as in, the process of
      panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out
      richly.
   2. To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to
      develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned
      out poorly. [Slang, U. S.]
   

a vessel of metal or earthenware used in culinary operations; a cooking-pan or frying-pan frequently referred to in the Old Testament (Lev. 2:5; 6:21; Num. 11:8; 1 Sam. 2:14, etc.).

The "ash-pans" mentioned in Ex. 27:3 were made of copper, and were used in connection with the altar of burnt-offering. The "iron pan" mentioned in Ezek. 4:3 (marg., "flat plate " or "slice") was probably a mere plate of iron used for baking. The "fire-pans" of Ex. 27:3 were fire-shovels used for taking up coals. The same Hebrew word is rendered "snuff-dishes" (25:38; 37:23) and "censers" (Lev. 10:1; 16:12; Num. 4:14, etc.). These were probably simply metal vessels employed for carrying burning embers from the brazen altar to the altar of incense.

The "frying-pan" mentioned in Lev. 2:7; 7:9 was a pot for boiling.