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tan
1[ tan ]
verb (used with object)
- to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
- to make brown by exposure to ultraviolet rays, as of the sun.
verb (used without object)
- to become tanned.
noun
- the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- yellowish brown; light brown.
adjective
- of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.
- used in or relating to tanning processes, materials, etc.
tan
2[ tan ]
noun
Tan
3[ tan ]
noun
- Amy, born 1952, U.S. novelist.
TAN
4[ tan ]
noun
- tax-anticipation note.
tan
1/ æ /
noun
- the brown colour produced by the skin after intensive exposure to ultraviolet rays, esp those of the sun
- a light or moderate yellowish-brown colour
- short for tanbark
verb
- to go brown or cause to go brown after exposure to ultraviolet rays
she tans easily
- to convert (a skin or hide) into leather by treating it with a tanning agent, such as vegetable tannins, chromium salts, fish oils, or formaldehyde
- slang.tr to beat or flog
adjective
- of the colour tan
tan gloves
- used in or relating to tanning
tan
2/ æ /
abbreviation for
- tangent (sense 2)
tan
- Abbreviation of tangent
Derived Forms
- ˈٲԲԲ, adjective
- ˈٲԲԾ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ٲn· adjective
- ܲ·ٲԲԱ adjective
- ɱ-ٲԲԱ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of tan1
Origin of tan2
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of tan1
Idioms and Phrases
- tan someone's hide, Informal. to beat someone soundly:
She threatened to tan our hides if she found us on her property again.
Example Sentences
Then there is the "Mar-a-Lago face," created by a combination of aggressive plastic surgery, fake tan, and make-up spackled on so thick that it would crack — if the fillers hadn't already paralyzed their faces.
But you’ve earned an opportunity,’” said Banister, who at 61 has the tan, chiseled good looks and plain-spoken manner of a Western movie sheriff.
Folks also whined that Zegler, whose mother is of Colombian descent, is — horrors! — too tan.
But the rugby gods, a new Welsh coach and a swashbuckling team oozing confidence - personified by a certain player's silver boots and golden tan - combined to pull off the impossible dream.
Osada smiled as he recalled the origins of his signature tan tan noodles.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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