Tan vs. Tanned — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Tan and Tanned
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Tan
To convert (an animal hide) into leather by subjecting it to a chemical process that stabilizes the proteins, making it less susceptible to decay.
Tanned
To convert (an animal hide) into leather by subjecting it to a chemical process that stabilizes the proteins, making it less susceptible to decay.
Tan
To make (a person or a person's skin) darker by exposure to the sun.
Tanned
To make (a person or a person's skin) darker by exposure to the sun.
Tan
To make (a person or a person's skin) darker by exposure to artificial sunlight or by the application of certain chemicals, often in the form of sprays or lotions.
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Tanned
To make (a person or a person's skin) darker by exposure to artificial sunlight or by the application of certain chemicals, often in the form of sprays or lotions.
Tan
(Informal) To thrash; beat.
Tanned
(Informal) To thrash; beat.
Tan
To become darker from exposure to the sun or artificial sunlight, or from the application of certain chemicals.
Tanned
To become darker from exposure to the sun or artificial sunlight, or from the application of certain chemicals.
Tan
A light or moderate yellowish brown to brownish orange.
Tanned
A light or moderate yellowish brown to brownish orange.
Tan
A suntan.
Tanned
A suntan.
Tan
An artificially created suntan.
Tanned
An artificially created suntan.
Tan
Tanbark.
Tanned
Tanbark.
Tan
Tannin.
Tanned
Tannin.
Tan
A solution derived from tannin.
Tanned
A solution derived from tannin.
Tan
See Tanka.
Tanned
Light or moderate yellowish-brown to brownish-orange.
Tan
Light or moderate yellowish-brown to brownish-orange.
Tanned
Having a suntan or the appearance of a suntan.
Tan
Having a suntan or the appearance of a suntan.
Tanned
Used in or relating to tanning.
Tan
Used in or relating to tanning.
Tanned
Having a suntan.
You're looking very tanned.
Tanned bodies lying on the beach
Tan
A yellowish-brown colour.
Tanned
(of leather) Finished, made using tannic acid (as opposed to abrasion).
Tan
A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.
She still has a tan from her vacation in Mexico.
I'm hoping to get a tan this weekend at the beach.
Tanned
Simple past tense and past participle of tan
Tan
The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.
Tanned
(of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun;
A young bronzed Apollo
Tan
An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh
Tanned
Converted to leather by a tanning agent
Tan
Syn of picul, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
Tan
(dialectal) A twig or small switch.
Tan
Yellowish-brown.
Mine is the white car parked next to the tan pickup truck.
Tan
Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun or an artificial process intended to mimic this effect.
You’re looking very tan this week.
Tan
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.
Tan
To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.
Tan
To spank or beat.
Tan
To kill by gun, to shoot.
Tan
The second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and parts of Yorkshire, for counting sheep, and stitches in knitting.
Tan
See Picul.
Tan
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.
Tan
A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.
Tan
A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan.
Tan
Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.
Tan
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.
Tan
To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin.
Tan
To thrash or beat; to flog; to switch; as, to tan a disobedient child's hide.
Tan
To get or become tanned.
Tan
A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
Tan
A light brown
Tan
Ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
Tan
Treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
Tan
Get a tan, from wind or sun
Tan
Of a light yellowish-brown color
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