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1. (v.t.) tan
to convert (a hide) into leather, esp. by steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark.
2. tan
to brown by exposure to ultraviolet rays, as of the sun.
3. tan
to thrash; spank.
4. (v.i.) tan
to become tanned.
5. (n.) tan
a brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
6. tan
yellowish brown; light brown.
7. (adj.) tan
yellowish brown; light brown.
8. tan
used in or relating to tanning.
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| Definition of 'tan' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) tan, suntan, sunburn, burn
a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
2. (noun) tan, topaz
a light brown the color of topaz
3. (adj) tangent, tan
ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
4. (verb) tan
of a light yellowish-brown color
5. (verb) tan
treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
6. (verb) tan, bronze
get a tan, from wind or sun
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1. (noun) tan
brown skin from the sun
a girl with a tan
2. tan
a light brown color
3. (verb) tan
(of a person or their skin) to become darker in the sun
Do you tan easily?
4. (adjective) tan
light brown in color
a tan leather bag
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| Definition of 'tan' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) tan
of the color of tan; yellowish-brown
2. (noun) tan
see Picul
3. (noun) 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
4. (noun) tan
a yellowish-brown color, like that of tan
5. (noun) tan
a brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan
6. (noun) 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
7. (noun) tan
to make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin
8. (verb) tan
to get or become tanned
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| Definitions of 'tan' |
The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. tan
[Usenet, particularly rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan] Abbrev. of
‘tangent’, as in “off on a tangent”, and synonym
for OT. A number of hacker-humor synonyms are used
for TAN in some newsgroups. Instances such as BEIGE, OFF-WHITE,
BROWNISH-GRAY, and LIGHT BROWN have been observed. It is generally
understood on newsgroups with this convention that any color descriptor is
a TAN synonym if (a) used as the first word(s) of the topic of a Usenet
post, (b) written in ALL CAPS, and (c) followed immediately by a
colon. Usage: “OFF-WHITE: 2000 Presidential candidates” on an
SF newsgroup.
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Sense: to make an animal's skin into leather (by treating it with certain substances).
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 Afrikaans: looi |
 Arabic: يَدْبُغ |
 Bulgarian: щавя |
 Brazilian: curtir |
 Czech: vyčiňovat |
 German: gerben |
 Danish: garve |
 Greek: κατεργάζομαι |
 Spanish: curtir |
 Estonian: parkima |
 Farsi: دباغی کردن |
 Finnish: parkita |
 French: tanner |
 Hebrew: לְעַבֵּד עוֹר |
 Hindi: त्वचा पर भूरापन आना धूप क |
 Croatian: štaviti, strojiti |
 Hungarian: cserez |
 Indonesian: menyamak |
 Icelandic: súta |
 Italian: conciare |
 Japanese: なめす |
 Korean: 무두질하다 |
 Lithuanian: rauginti (odą) |
 Latvian: miecēt (ādu) |
 Malay: menyamak |
 Dutch: looien |
 Norwegian: garve |
 Polish: garbować |
 Portuguese: curtir |
 Romanian: a tăbăci |
 Russian: дубить |
 Slovak: trieslovať, vyrábať |
 Slovenian: strojiti |
 Serbian: štaviti |
 Swedish: garva |
 Thai: ฟอกหนัง |
 Turkish: tabaklamak |
 Taiwanese: 鞣皮 |
 Ukrainian: дубити |
 Urdu: دباغت دينا |
 Vietnamese: thuộc (da) |
 Chinese: 鞣革 |
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