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pan for
pan for something
to search for a precious metal, usually gold, by using a pan to locate the bits of metal in sand and gravel in a stream bed. When I was in Alaska, I panned for gold in a little stream set aside for tourists. The old prospector spent many hours panning for gold.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Tenney | | - | Medieval English |
Cybele | | SIB-ə-lee (English) | Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized) |
ValÉRie | | va-le-REE (French) | French, Czech |
Polona | | - | Slovene |
CuauhtÉMoc | | - | Native American, Nahuatl |
Hays | | [heiz] | |