pan-v; 5 Senses

Sense Number 1: Make a sweeping movement with, as with one's eyes or a camera.

Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP1[agent] PAN NP2[location] NP1[agent] PAN PP[directional] Includes: PAN OUT, PAN IN, PAN AROUND, PAN UP, PAN DOWN

Examples:
His gaze panned the room, searching for his girlfriend.
The camera panned across the room.
The camera panned out slowly to reveal the dead body.
My eyes panned the great vista as I admired the beauty around me.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Seeking
PropBank: pan.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: Wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious metals.

Commentary: Includes: PAN OFF, PAN OUT

Examples:
The miners panned for gold.
We panned the gold out of the silt we'd collected.
Pan off the diamonds, no matter how small.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: pan.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
pan_off 1
pan_out 1

Sense Number 3: Express a totally negative opinion of.

Examples:
The critics almost universally panned the performance.
Don't pan the play until you've watched it!

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 4: Cook in a pan.

Commentary: Includes: PAN BROIL, PAN FRY, PAN ROAST, PAN COOK

Examples:
We pan broiled the meat before basting it in sauce.
I like to pan fry duck.
My mother pan roasts potatoes at Thanksgiving.
We pan cooked the fish.

Mappings:
VerbNet: cooking-45.3
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
pan-fry 1
pan_roast 1
pan-broil 1

Sense Number 5: PAN OUT: become or be a success

Commentary: Is: PAN OUT

Examples:
Our idea panned out.
Not all of our investments will pan out in the coming year.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: pan.02
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
pan_out 1