Talk:pan

This article needs some formatting and rearranging. &mdash; Hippietrail 00:53, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Duplicate meanings?
In Section 1.2.2 (Etymology 1 of the English entry, verb) we read:


 * 1)  To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
 * 2) * 1875,, Memoirs
 * 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.
 * 1)  To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.
 * 2)  With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.
 * 3)  To  one's opposition convincingly.
 * 4)  To   a work (like a book, movie, etc.)

It seems to me that the last entry is simply a more specific duplication of the second. Ekaterina Colclough (talk) 16:21, 22 June 2021 (UTC)