Talk:pan

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

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