panned
- 1Simple past and past participle of pan.
The camera panned slowly across the crowded stadium.
The miners panned for gold along the riverbank all summer.
Note
One spelling does double duty as past tense and past participle, with the final n doubled before -ed. Which meaning is meant usually shows in the grammar. A camera panned takes no object. A prospector panned the gravel, and critics panned a film, both with an object. The object-taking meanings also turn passive easily: a novel can be panned by reviewers, just as gravel is panned for gold.
Critics panned the sequel within a week of its release.
The play was panned by nearly every reviewer in town.
panned is a form of pan
pan, verb: To harshly criticize something, especially a creative work such as a book or movie. Full entry
- Spelling
- pan → panned: double the n, add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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