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- pronunciation:
- taen
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, adjective
- phrases:
- tan one's hide
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun, adjective), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
tans, tanning, tanned |
| 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 |
adverb + (v.)tan
darkly, deeply, heavily, perfectly, slightly
(v.)tan
+ adverb
easily
(v.)tan
+ noun
bed, booth, bronze, deer, exposure, hide, lotion, oil, product, salon, summer
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| 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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| related words: |
color |
adjective + (n.)tan
black, blue, dark, deep, fake, golden, healthy, light, lovely, pale, perfect, rich, smooth, tall, thin, weathered, white
verb + (n.)tan
acquire, paint
(n.)tan
+ verb
fade, rest
noun + (n.)tan
author, base, beach, blue, fantasy, farmer, gray, green, hair, hint, luck, novel, novelist, opera, revs, shade, skin, tone
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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 |
(adj.)tan
+ noun
airport,
arm,
bark,
belt,
boot,
brick,
cap,
chino,
cloth,
coat,
color,
con,
cotton,
cowboy,
dress,
dust,
face,
flesh,
foot,
fur,
gent,
hat,
interior,
jacket,
leather,
leg,
line,
lip,
loafer,
navy,
oak,
overcoat,
para,
patch,
plaid,
pocket,
raincoat,
sandal,
shell,
shirt,
shoe,
skirt,
slack,
solo,
son,
string,
stripe,
suede,
suit,
sweater,
thigh,
trench,
uniform,
windbreaker,
wool
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| derivation: |
tannish (adj.) |
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