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tan
- pronunciation:
- taen
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, adjective
- phrases:
- tan one's hide
- features:
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
tanned, tanning, tans |
| definition 1: |
to convert (animal skin) into leather by soaking in a tanning solution.
After the animals are skinned, their hides are tanned. |
| definition 2: |
to make (oneself, or more specifically, one's skin) brown by exposure to the sun or a sunlamp.
She's tanning herself in the backyard. |
| definition 3: |
(informal) to beat; whip.
His father threatened to tan him if he didn't get out of the house and look for a job.- similar words:
- hide, lick
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| related words: |
color, lambaste, switch |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to become tanned.
He tans easily, but my skin always burns. |
| related words: |
burn |
| phrase: |
tan one's hide |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a golden brown or light brown color.
The sand on the beach takes on a dark shade of tan after it rains.- similar words:
- buff, neutral
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| definition 2: |
this color given to light skin by exposure to the sun or a sunlamp.
She always gets a tan in the summer because she swims outside every day. |
| definition 3: |
a solution made from tanbark, used to tan leather.
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color |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
tanner, tannest |
| definition: |
of or pertaining to the color tan.
I bought a pair of tan sandals.- similar words:
- buff
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| related words: |
neutral, swarthy |
| derivation: |
tannish (adj.) |
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