Tan (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used with object), tanned, tan·ning.
  1. to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
  2. to make brown by exposure to ultraviolet rays, as of the sun.
  3. to thrash; spank.
verb (used without object), tanned, tan·ning.
  1. to become tanned.
noun
  1. the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
  2. yellowish brown; light brown.
  3. tanbark.
adjective, tan·ner, tan·nest.
  1. of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.
  2. used in or relating to tanning processes, materials, etc.
Idioms
  1. to beat someone soundly: She threatened to tan our hides if she found us on her property again.
noun
  1. tangent (def. 5b).
noun
  1. U.S. novelist.
noun
  1. tax-anticipation note.
noun
  1. the brown colour produced by the skin after intensive exposure to ultraviolet rays, esp those of the sun
  2. a light or moderate yellowish-brown colour
  3. short for tanbark
verb tans, tanning or tanned
  1. to go brown or cause to go brown after exposure to ultraviolet rays
  2. 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
  3. to beat or flog
adjective tanner or tannest
  1. of the colour tan
  2. used in or relating to tanning
abbreviation for
  1. tangent (sense 2)
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