Pan Off (Verb)
Meaning
Wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- Pan off the remaining dirt to see the glint of gold in the water.
- She carefully paned off the sediment, and a small nugget was revealed.
- As the water swirled, he began to pan off the dirt and silt.
- After several hours of panning, she finally managed to pan off enough water to see a speck of precious stone.
- They took turns to pan off the remaining dirt, and eventually the gold was exposed.