tantæn(v.)tanned, tan•ning

1. (v.t.)to convert (a hide) into leather, esp. by steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark.

   Category: Clothing

2. to brown by exposure to ultraviolet rays, as of the sun.

   Category: Physiology

3. to thrash; spank.

   Category: Informal

4. (v.i.)to become tanned.

   Category: Physiology

5. (n.)a brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.

   Category: Physiology

6. yellowish brown; light brown.

7. Ref: tanbark .

8. (adj.)yellowish brown; light brown.

9. used in or relating to tanning.

   Category: Clothing

Idioms for tan:

1. tan someone's hide,to beat someone soundly.

   Category: Idiom, Informal

Origin of tan:

bef. 1000; ME tannen, late OE *tannian (in ptp. getanned) < ML tannāre, der. of tannum oak bark, tanbark

tan′na•ble(adj.)

tantæn(n.)

1. Category: Math

   Ref: tangent (def. 2). 5 2

Origin of tan:

by shortening

Tantæn(n.)

1. Amy,born 1952, U.S. novelist.

   Category: Biography