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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tan1 /tæn/USA pronunciation v., tanned, tan•ning, n., adj., tan•ner, tan•nest. v. - Clothing[~ + object] to change (the skin of an animal) into leather, esp. by soaking in a special bath.
- Physiologyto (cause to) become brown by exposure to ultraviolet rays, as of the sun: [~ + object]The sun had tanned his skin.[no object]Her skin had tanned to a golden brown.
- Informal Terms[~ + object] to spank.
n. - Physiology a brown color appearing on the skin after exposure to the sun:[countable]on the beach getting a tan.
- [uncountable] yellowish brown;
light brown.
adj. - yellowish brown;
light brown. - Clothingused in or relating to tanning.
Idioms- Idioms, Informal Terms tan someone's hide, to beat someone soundly.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tan1 (tan),USA pronunciation v., tanned, tan•ning, n., adj., tan•ner, tan•nest. v.t. - Clothingto convert (a hide) into leather, esp. by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
- to make brown by exposure to ultraviolet rays, as of the sun.
- Informal Termsto thrash;
spank.
v.i. - to become tanned.
- tan someone's hide, [Informal.]to beat someone soundly:She threatened to tan our hides if she found us on her property again.
n. - the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- yellowish brown;
light brown. - tanbark.
adj. - of the color of tan;
yellowish-brown. - Clothingused in or relating to tanning processes, materials, etc.
- Gmc; compare Old High German tanna oak, fir, akin to Dutch den fir
- Medieval Latin tannāre, derivative of tannum oak bark, tanbark
- bef. 1000; 1920–25 for def. 2; Middle English tannen to make hide into leather, late Old English *tannian (in past participle getanned; compare tanner1)
- Mathematicstangent (def. 5b).
Tan (tan),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical Amy, born 1952, U.S. novelist.
TAN (tan),USA pronunciation n. - Businesstax-anticipation note.
tan-1, Symbol, Trig.- arc tangent.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tan /tæn/ n - 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
vb (tans, tanning, tanned)- to go brown or cause to go brown after exposure to ultraviolet rays
- 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
- (transitive) slang to beat or flog
adj (tanner, tannest)- of the colour tan
Etymology: Old English tannian (unattested as infinitive, attested as getanned, past participle), from Medieval Latin tannāre, from tannum tanbark, perhaps of Celtic origin; compare Irish tana thinˈtannable adj ˈtannish adj tan /tæn/ abbreviation for - tangent (sense 2)
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