tan — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A light, brown-like colour.

2. A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.

   Examples

   She still has a tan from her vacation in Mexico.

   I'm hoping to get a tan this weekend at the beach.

3. The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.

   Examples

   In two pints of water boil one ounce of tan, and a like portion of nutgall till reduced to a pint.

4. Synonym of wall ball.

Adjective

1. Yellowish-brown.

   Examples

   a tan suit

   Mine is the white car parked next to the tan pickup truck.

   More examples (1)

   The history of suits in politics is long and storied: from Obama’s “shocking” tan suit, now infamous enough to have its own Wikipedia page, […].

2. Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun or an artificial process intended to mimic this effect.

   Synonyms

   suntannedtanned

   Examples

   You’re looking very tan this week.

Verb

1. To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.

   Usage

   • Intransitive
   • Transitive

   Examples

   No matter how long I stay out in the sun, I never tan, though I do burn.

2. To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid.

   Usage

   • Transitive

3. To work as a tanner.

   Usage

   • stative
   • Transitive

4. To spank or beat.

   Usage

   • Informal
   • Transitive

   Examples

   "Well, go 'long and play; but mind you get back some time in a week, or I'll tan you."

Numeral

1. The second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and parts of Yorkshire, for counting sheep, and stitches in knitting.

   Usage

   • dialectal
   • Rare

Noun

1. An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh

Noun

1. Synonym of picul, particularly in Cantonese contexts.

   Usage

   • Uncountable
   • usually

Noun

1. A twig or small switch.

   Usage

   • dialectal

   Related words

   mistletoe

Verb

1. To kill by gun, to shoot.

   Usage

   • Multicultural-London-English
   • Slang
   • Transitive

   Related words

   on the ran tansar tan se juda

   Examples

   Step on the wing, see an opp and I'll whack it Do it like Super Savage Who's the yute I Jet-Li-rise that dots and tan him (whoosh) Rise that dots and tan him

Adjective

1. of a light yellowish-brown color

Noun

1. a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun

   Synonyms

   suntan

   Broader terms

   hyperpigmentation

2. a light brown the color of topaz

   Synonyms

   topaz

   Broader terms

   light brown

3. ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle

   Synonyms

   tangent

   Broader terms

   trigonometric functioncircular function

Verb

1. treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather

   Broader terms

   convert

2. get a tan, from wind or sun

   Synonyms

   bronze

   Broader terms

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