Talk:pan

Latest comment: 2 years ago by Ekaterina Colclough in topic Duplicate meanings?

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

Duplicate meanings? edit

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

  1. (transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
    • 1875, William Tecumseh Sherman, 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.
  2. (transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.
  3. (intransitive) With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.
  4. (transitive, informal, of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
  5. (informal) To criticize harshly 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)Reply

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