Tan vs. Tanned
Tannoun
A yellowish-brown colour.
Tannedadjective
Having a suntan.
‘You're looking very tanned.’; ‘tanned bodies lying on the beach’;
Tannoun
A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.
‘She still has a tan from her vacation in Mexico.’;
Tannedadjective
(of leather) Finished, made using tannic acid (as opposed to abrasion).
Tannoun
The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.
Tannedverb
simple past tense and past participle of tan
Tannoun
An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh
Tannedadjective
(of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun;
‘a young bronzed Apollo’;
Tannoun
, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
Tannedadjective
converted to leather by a tanning agent
Tannoun
(dialectal) A twig or small switch.
Tanadjective
Of a yellowish-brown.
‘Mine is the white car parked next to the tan pickup truck.’;
Tanadjective
Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun.
‘You’re looking very tan this week.’;
Tanverb
To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
‘No matter how long I stay out in the sun, I never tan. though I do burn.’;
Tanverb
(transitive) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.
Tanverb
To spank or beat.
Tannumeral
The second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and parts of Yorkshire, for counting sheep, and stitches in knitting.
Tannoun
See Picul.
Tannoun
The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; - so called both before and after it has been used. Called also tan bark.
Tannoun
A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.
Tannoun
A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan.
Tanadjective
Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.
Tanverb
To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water.
Tanverb
To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin.
Tanverb
To thrash or beat; to flog; to switch; as, to tan a disobedient child's hide.
Tanverb
To get or become tanned.
Tannoun
a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
Tannoun
a light brown
Tannoun
ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
Tanverb
treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
Tanverb
get a tan, from wind or sun
Tanadjective
of a light yellowish-brown color
