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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Pan \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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  panning
       See pan

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  panning
     n.
     1 The act of one who pans, as for gold.
     2 Material that has been panned.
     3 (lb en audio) The act by which a sound is panned.
     4 (lb en informal) Thorough criticism.
     vb.
     (present participle of en pan nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Panning
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  panning
     n.
     1 The act of one who pans, as for gold.
     2 Material that has been panned.
     3 (lb en audio) The act by which a sound is panned.
     4 (lb en informal) Thorough criticism.
     vb.
     (present participle of en pan nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Panning
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  panning
     n.
     1 The act of one who pans, as for gold.
     2 Material that has been panned.
     3 (lb en audio) The act by which a sound is panned.
     4 (lb en informal) Thorough criticism.
     vb.
     (present participle of en pan nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Panning
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  panning
     n.
     1 The act of one who pans, as for gold.
     2 Material that has been panned.
     3 (lb en audio) The act by which a sound is panned.
     4 (lb en informal) Thorough criticism.
     vb.
     (present participle of en pan nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Panning
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  panning
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm p an ning)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Panning /pˈanɪŋ/
  الطبخ

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  panning /pˈanɪŋ/ 
  panorámování

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  panning /pˈanɪŋ/
  Schwenken / Schwenkung mit der Kamera
           Note: Film, Video
     Synonym: camera panning
  
           Note: film, video

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  panning /pˈanɪŋ/
  schwenkend, nachführend
   see: pan, panned, pans, panned
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  panning /pˈanɪŋ/
  Waschen mit Sichertrog
   see: cleaning, flushing
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  panning //ˈpænɪŋ// 
  1. vaskaus
  act of one who pans
  2. murska-arvostelu
  through criticism

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  panning /pˈanɪŋ/
  pomicanje okna

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  panning /pˈanɪŋ/
  1. panorámafelvétel
  2. úsztatás
  3. aranymosás

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈpænɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  漫游

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     摄全景

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