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 Definitions for Panning: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
: Pan \Pan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Panned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Panning.]
1. (Mining) To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by
washing in a kind of pan. [U. S.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. To criticise (a drama or literary work) harshly.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
: panning \pan"ning\, n.
The act or process in which heavier ores are concentrated by
agitating a sample of crushed ore under water in a shallow
pan, thus washing away the lighter particles from the sample;
as, panning for gold. See pan[1], v. t. and pan[1], v. i.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 2.0
: pan
n 1: cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel [syn: {cooking
pan}]
2: (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 [syn: {the
goat god}]
3: shallow container made of metal
4: chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than
to other pongids [syn: genus Pan]
v 1: make a sweeping movement; "The camera panned across the
room"
2: wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
[syn: pan out, pan off]
3: express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned
the performance" [syn: tear apart, trash]
[also: panning, panned]
WordNet (r) 2.0
: panning
See pan
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
: 45 Moby Thesaurus words for "panning":
banter, bantering, booing, catcalling, chaffing, derision,
derisive, derisory, fleering, flippancy, flippant, fooling,
grinning, hissing, hooting, jeering, joshing, kidding, leering,
levity, mockery, mocking, quizzical, ragging, railing, raillery,
rallying, razzing, ridicule, ridiculing, roasting, scoffing, smart,
smart-aleckiness, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smartness, smirking,
sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting, taunting, teasing,
twitting
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