The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - pan n.

1) saucepan, frying-pan, skillet, pot, casserole, US spider: Melt a teaspoonful of butter in the pan, add the mixture, and stir briskly over a medium heat. 2) face, visage, mien, fa‡ade, Slang kisser, mug, puss: The worst part of Alf's not working is that I have to look at his ugly pan all day. 3) depression, indentation, concavity, cavity, hollow, pit, hole, crater: In a rain-shower, the pans fill with water and the desert blooms. --v. 4) wash, separate, sift: For years prospectors have panned for gold in these hills. 5) criticize, censure, find fault, put down, reject, flay, excoriate, Brit hammer, Colloq knock, roast, slate, Slang Brit rubbish, US trash: The critics panned the play and it closed after a week. 6) pan out. succeed, thrive, prosper, flourish, fare well, make it; work out, turn out, result, come out, end (up) , conclude, culminate, eventuate: Your grandiose plans for irrigating the Sahara didn't pan out, either! How did the election pan out?