Noun:
1: cooking pan, pan cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
2: pan, 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
3: pan shallow container made of metal
4: genus pan, pan chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids
Verb:
1: pan make a sweeping movement; "The camera panned across the room"
2: pan out, pan, pan off wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
3: pan, tear apart, trash express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance"