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nounPlural tans tantæn 1mass noun A yellowish-brown colour. the overall colour scheme of tan and cream Example sentencesExamples - His face bore no expression whatsoever, he took off his tan coloured sunglasses and revealed dark eyes underneath the lens.
- Most yellow or tan types found in grocery and health-food stores are hard to digest and take forever to cook.
- The overriding colours are natural hues of tan, brown and olive greens contrasted with a bright white base, to give a soft, earthy look.
- They are usually brown, but can vary in colour from light tan to black.
- They were a tan beige color that was accented by the walls and the carpets with more tan and beige colours.
- Khaki, beige, tan, black, navy, and gray pants are the best options as these can be worn with pastel and neutral colors.
- Tim, to the uninitiated, may look just like many other tan coloured dogs but that would be an underestimation.
- They were dressed in tan and gray short-sleeved uniforms, and they all bore holstered guns.
- I'm convinced she got me addicted to girls with large eyes, hers a sparkling grey/blue nestled amongst long, light tan lashes.
- We were impressed by the counter itself, plated in copper, which played nicely to the general tan and dark wood colours dominating the room.
- He is black and white in colour with a little tan on his face.
- These would be pale tan or yellow shirts adorned with the name of one's employer or sponsor on the back.
- The puppies are both crossbred males, one is black and white and smooth-coated and the other is nearly all black with some tan colouring.
- Reddish brown to yellowish tan, they partly cover themselves with sand or mud to disappear from the view of their unwary prey.
- That tan dress was more than familiar; it was the most beautiful thing I had seen in a while.
- I suggest rich colors such as burgundy, black, tan, beige, and dark brown.
- White wedding gowns are still red-hot, but more adventurous brides are bringing in more colour to their gowns, wearing dresses with a tan or beige or pink hue.
- Its offices, decorated in shades of pastel yellow and tan, looked perfectly professional - even stylish.
- Available in baby blue and tan - at that price, you can afford both.
- She was dressed in tan fishing overalls with a fishing hat, bulky black boots, and a pink T-shirt underneath.
Synonyms yellowish-brown, brownish-yellow, light brown, pale brown, tawny 2A golden-brown shade of skin developed by pale-skinned people after exposure to the sun. Jenna managed to get an even golden tan Example sentencesExamples - Her nails are short and not in the least scary, there is no electric tan, deathly blonde hair or sticky lipstick.
- The solution in the airbrush contains self-tanner, bronzer and a moisturizer, and results in a perfectly even all-over tan.
- Develop golden tans and honour requests for autographs.
- The colour from her tan had all but drained from her, her limbs were heavy and powerless, but she was by no means dead.
- I got a decent base tan without turning into a blistery tomato.
- ‘I didn't have any expectations,’ he says through a thick Malibu tan.
- In the pages of every celebrity bible, there seemed to be no escape from her rich walnut tan, flashing diamond knuckledusters and distinctive gravelly features.
- Most important, I'd like something that does not make me look washed-out or in need of a tan.
- She recently had her dark hair cut short and now wears it gamine and honey-coloured, which suits her clean bone structure and a light summer tan.
- My eldest son's holiday reading was the brand new Harry Potter and, with his sun-streaked hair and mahogany tan, he looked like a local.
- I mean, I never did get that perfect tan, so unless I invest some hard hours in a tanning booth or something they will never be perfect summer legs.
- Flawless skin and a radiant tan are key to complementing the clothing trends for spring and summer 2002.
- It was lovely, a nice green colour that would have brought out your tan.
- Other salons across Scotland are now looking at the technology, which its manufacturers claim is safer than sunbeds and gives a more natural tan.
- You get a half baked tan/sunburn due to being stooped over the shovel or work area, but the 95 degree heat helps sweat off the pounds.
- It is a busy time for vacation home rentals and theme parks alike, but also an excellent time to work on getting that gorgeous bronzed tan!
- And to prove he is a country boy, there is the v-neck open shirt tan.
- The holiday photographs show her apparently in the best of health, smiling on the balcony, her skin glowing with a tan.
- If you want the golden glow of a tan without exposure to damaging UV light, consider using sunless tanning products or bronzers.
- Later, he would grow a moustache and work on his tan, which is a deep, reddish-bronze colour.
Synonyms become suntanned, take a suntan/tan, brown, go/become brown, bronze 3mass noun Bark of oak or other trees, bruised and used as a source of tannin for converting hides into leather. Example sentencesExamples - Should tan bark be laid where leaves fall?
- Peeling tan bark had to take place in the spring time when the tan-oak trees were full of sap.
- It sniffed at me calmly, gave a canine-style shrug, and disappeared behind tanbark oaks.
- Back in America, Quercus prinus was better known as mountain or rock oak, after its preferred habitat; tanbark oak after its preferred use; and nowadays, chestnut oak after the shape of its leaves.
- Mangroves forests used to be the source of tan bark for the tannin extract industry, while now there is little or no commercial extraction of timber and mangrove wood is widely used locally for fuel, charcoal and for the manufacture of poles and piles.
- 3.1 Tan from which the tannin has been extracted, used for covering the ground for walking, riding, children's play, etc., and in gardening.
Example sentencesExamples - The original tannery with its vats, bark mill and heaps of spent tan was located between the homestead and the building to the north.
- This has not lessened the popularity of spent tanbark as a ground covering in such places as circus arenas, horse tracks, and children's playgrounds.
- She had stayed away from the sandpit, and the tanbark, and all the play equipment.
- I grinned broadly and stepped off the footpath, slowly making my way across the grass, stepping into the large wooden-plank-outlined square of tanbark, and heading straight for the swings.
- He held his breath as he positioned himself meticulously in the tanbark, shoelaces of his sneakers quivering.
verbtanning, tans, tanned tantæn 1no object (of a pale-skinned person or their skin) become brown or browner after exposure to the sun. you'll tan very quickly in the pure air Example sentencesExamples - Whether you're tanning on the beach or staying cool at the mall, these glosses will be perfect for subtle shine or a high powered sheen.
- She was lying on her back, trying to tan away the line from her shorts that she got during cheer practice.
- If these critters are a problem I cover up, if not I wear shorts and short sleeve shirts with lots of P20 once a day sun filter, you will tan without burning.
- He had pale skin, but it was March, and even then I understood that people tanned in summer and lost color in winter.
- She and I, we're lying on our towels, mostly talking but also kind of tanning, because she claims she's actually tanning and not burning for once.
- They were tanning while relaxing in the warm bubbly Jacuzzi at Beaches Sandy Bay.
- They were in the pool drinking beer and the other girls were tanning.
- Every day was sunny and, despite being blonde, I do tan.
- In case you are thinking why there is a line above the gstring tanline, I was tanning with a rather high-waist normal bikini bottom at first.
- She doesn't tan easily; her skin is rather fair for someone who spends so much time outdoors.
- People I know who go tanning, tan a lot, and they look tan all the time, even if it's, like, January.
- As I was tanning, some random guy came up and talked to me.
- If you love the sun, you can tan with a Playboy bunny sticker near your bikini line.
- They sat tanning for a while and gossiping about everything, but mostly the boys.
- As time passed, we realized that, unlike the others, I did not tan.
- I don't tan easily, but all those days outdoors had weathered me, and given me restless nights suffering from sunburn.
- I don't burn either, which is nice, but even if I spend eight hours under the Mediterranean sun, I don't tan.
- They were eligible for the study if they had very pale skin and on history were unable to tan despite exposure to sunlight.
- For a fixed monthly price, you can tan as much as you want.
- She tipped her sunglasses and looked at me sternly from the pool deck where she was tanning.
- 1.1usually as adjective tannedwith object (of the sun) cause (a pale-skinned person or their skin) to become brown or browner.
Example sentencesExamples - Suddenly a fit, tanned surfer with a slouching hat appears with his dog between the palm trees welcoming the arriving guests.
- He was tanned from swimming in the outdoor pools.
- She was deeply tanned from the desert, and her deep brown skin seemed almost black against the soft white linen.
- The chiseled features had always been tanned deeply by the sun.
- The other man was tanned, about 5ft 10 in, with short brown hair, possibly with a pierced left eyebrow.
- She is tanned and curvy, with long, wavy, blonde hair.
- The children were tanned from free play in the sun.
- Her younger and less tanned sister had her shoulder length brown hair braided.
- He was tanned and his unruly hair hung just above his eyes.
- He has short brown hair, he's tanned and he has sky blue eyes, and everyone loves him.
- He is tanned in appearance and has slightly long, dark hair.
- A few minutes later the door opened and a small, pretty tanned girl with straight brown hair walked in.
- He was lightly tanned and the shade fit him perfectly.
- It was a Japanese-American tanned girl with brown eyes, a red spaghetti strap dress with a yellow star and a wand.
- His hair was light brown, his skin tanned, and his body as healthy as could be.
- Photographs of him at the time show he had striking good looks - he was tanned, with a head of thick black hair, well-built and fit.
- He's tanned, fit and blessed, with a full thatch of light-brown hair.
- She doesn't wear sunblock, and she's deeply tanned.
- She was more tanned, the southern sun brightening her skin.
- He was naturally tanned, had really dark brown hair and deep hazel eyes.
2with object Convert (animal skin) into leather by soaking in a liquid containing tannic acid, or by the use of other chemicals. Example sentencesExamples - The next day he taught us how to tan the skin, and make weapons and tools from the bones.
- If you do not plan to tan the hide immediately after skinning it, remove as much of the flesh, fat, membranous tissue as possible.
- Deer hides and small fur skins can be tanned at home through a variety of techniques.
- It had fresco brick wall sides peaking upward as if inside a tent, there were tanned pelts of animal skins as tapestries on the wall.
- They also came from the odiferous chemicals used to tan animal hides into leather.
- Variations of these methods are still used by do-it-yourself outdoorsmen to tan hides.
- On the second night, after a long day spent scraping and stretching and tanning a deer skin, he asked me what I was hiding from.
- As for the rabbit skins, we are tanning the hides to make decorator rugs for our home, using the recipe from another issue of the magazine.
- Ostrich skins were tanned and made into boots, coats, wallets.
- Or perhaps you require chemicals with which to tan leather?
- Aside from doing taxidermy he also tans crocodile hide using a 2500-year-old rainforest bark method.
- Over saturation curls the skin and tans the hide
3dated, informal with object Beat (someone) repeatedly as a punishment. ‘If Mickey touches a fishing net, I'll tan his hide!’ Example sentencesExamples - Everyone in the village did, or taught them, or tanned their hides for stealing apples.
- Seriously...do you really think that your strength and your ability to tan the hide of a child is going to teach them respect?
- Gimme any more lip and I'll tan your hide for all to see.
- My father would have tanned my hide if I pulled a stunt like that.
Synonyms thrash, beat, wallop, belt, strap, spank, whip, lash, leather, cane, flog, flail, flagellate, horsewhip, birch, switch, flay informal give someone a hiding, lam, larrup
adjective tantæn 1Of a yellowish-brown color. a tan baseball cap with orange piping Example sentencesExamples - The office walls were plain white and the carpet was a generic tan color.
- The walls were painted a creamy tan color and along the walls were many different pictures of streets in many different countries and cities.
- She wears a tan baseball cap and a short-sleeved striped shirt.
- The carpet was a tan color and was crusty in some spots.
- He was wearing tan slacks and a shirt that brought out the color in his green eyes.
2North American (of a pale-skinned person) having golden-brown skin after exposure to the sun. she looks tall, tan, and healthy Example sentencesExamples - He had dark brown hair, clear green eyes, an amazing smile, and he was very tan.
- Touching her face, which was tan from being outside so much, and lips which were a bit parched from the sun, she furrowed her brow in thought.
- He was tan and muscular and had dark brown hair and bright blue eyes.
- He was relatively tan, and because he was shirtless, I could perfectly make out his lean physique.
- They were walking home from school, the tan girl on the left and the darker one on the right.
- She was a tan girl with sleek dark hair and almond shaped eyes.
- She was tan and athletic, and I could tell she had been a rebel for quite some time.
- He was fairly tan and well-built wearing black jeans, red converses, and a black T with Marilyn Monroe on the front.
- She could feel her cheeks flushing and prayed that she was tan enough to hide the blush slightly.
- She turned and exhaled gratefully as the tan boy with the piercing eyes and spiky hair, stood with his arms crossed in a sarcastic manner behind her.
- Plus, I now have funny tan lines - I was out with my exercise pants and a jog bra so my arms, chest, feet and face are tan.
- He was slightly tan and wore all black with a long cape that reached the ground.
- He was fairly tan and obviously from a state that was the complete opposite of Massachusetts.
- A tall, handsome, tan boy walked down the aisles in the supermarket.
- I was naturally tan also, mostly handed down from my mother.
- She had the perfect body type, and she was quite tan with dark hair.
- Sunscreen doesn't prevent you from getting tan; it blocks out the harmful rays.
- Their ideal boy was blond, tan, impeccably dressed, and sensitive.
- I took off my clothes and found that my skin was a pale sort of tan with a tint of dirt.
- But they were all tan, and clean-shaven, and had the most beautifully sculpted bodies.
Derivatives adjective adjective They look a lot like a dingo but they have short legs and they're usually tannish orange and they have short fur. Example sentencesExamples - Now, with a tiny brush, he smoothed a tannish, powdery substance across his cheekbones.
- Their fur is naturally tannish brown in color with dark stripes across the back.
- Her skin is a sort of tannish color like toasted almonds, sort of.
- She is applying some sort of tannish cream to her calf.
Origin Late Old English tannian 'convert into leather', probably from medieval Latin tannare, perhaps of Celtic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old French tanner. Early use of the noun (late Middle English) was in sense 3 of the noun. The original sense of tan is to convert skins into leather. The sense of the colour that the skin acquires after exposure to the sun dates only to the middle of the 18th century. Tan probably comes directly from Latin tannare, but may ultimately go back to a Celtic word for an oak tree. This reflects the process of tanning, whereby the crushed bark of an oak was steeped in water in which skins and hides were then immersed. Oak bark was used because it is rich in tannins (early 19th century), compounds which will tan. The related word tawny (Middle English) comes from Old French tauné, ‘tanned’.
Rhymes Aberfan, Adrianne, an, Anne, artisan, astrakhan, ban, began, Belmopan, bipartisan, bran, can, Cannes, Cézanne, Cheyenne, clan, courtesan, cran, dan, Dayan, Diane, divan, élan, Elan, fan, flan, foreran, Fran, Friedan, Gell-Mann, gran, Han, Hunan, Ivan, Jan, Japan, Jinan, Joanne, Kazan, Klan, Kordofan, Lacan, Lausanne, Leanne, Limousin, Louvain, man, Mann, Marianne, Milan, Moran, nan, Oran, outran, outspan, Pan, panne, parmesan, partisan, pavane, pecan, Pétain, plan, Pusan, ran, rataplan, rattan, Rosanne, Sagan, Saipan, saran, scan, scran, sedan, span, spick-and-span, Spokane, Suzanne, Tainan, than, tisane, trepan, van, vin, Wuhan, Xian, Yerevan, Yunnan, Zhongshan nountantæn 1A yellowish-brown color. the overall colour scheme of tan and cream Example sentencesExamples - I'm convinced she got me addicted to girls with large eyes, hers a sparkling grey/blue nestled amongst long, light tan lashes.
- His face bore no expression whatsoever, he took off his tan coloured sunglasses and revealed dark eyes underneath the lens.
- Reddish brown to yellowish tan, they partly cover themselves with sand or mud to disappear from the view of their unwary prey.
- White wedding gowns are still red-hot, but more adventurous brides are bringing in more colour to their gowns, wearing dresses with a tan or beige or pink hue.
- She was dressed in tan fishing overalls with a fishing hat, bulky black boots, and a pink T-shirt underneath.
- Available in baby blue and tan - at that price, you can afford both.
- That tan dress was more than familiar; it was the most beautiful thing I had seen in a while.
- Khaki, beige, tan, black, navy, and gray pants are the best options as these can be worn with pastel and neutral colors.
- They are usually brown, but can vary in colour from light tan to black.
- We were impressed by the counter itself, plated in copper, which played nicely to the general tan and dark wood colours dominating the room.
- Its offices, decorated in shades of pastel yellow and tan, looked perfectly professional - even stylish.
- These would be pale tan or yellow shirts adorned with the name of one's employer or sponsor on the back.
- They were a tan beige color that was accented by the walls and the carpets with more tan and beige colours.
- I suggest rich colors such as burgundy, black, tan, beige, and dark brown.
- The overriding colours are natural hues of tan, brown and olive greens contrasted with a bright white base, to give a soft, earthy look.
- He is black and white in colour with a little tan on his face.
- Most yellow or tan types found in grocery and health-food stores are hard to digest and take forever to cook.
- Tim, to the uninitiated, may look just like many other tan coloured dogs but that would be an underestimation.
- The puppies are both crossbred males, one is black and white and smooth-coated and the other is nearly all black with some tan colouring.
- They were dressed in tan and gray short-sleeved uniforms, and they all bore holstered guns.
Synonyms yellowish-brown, brownish-yellow, light brown, pale brown, tawny 2A golden-brown shade of skin developed by pale-skinned people after exposure to the sun. Example sentencesExamples - I mean, I never did get that perfect tan, so unless I invest some hard hours in a tanning booth or something they will never be perfect summer legs.
- ‘I didn't have any expectations,’ he says through a thick Malibu tan.
- In the pages of every celebrity bible, there seemed to be no escape from her rich walnut tan, flashing diamond knuckledusters and distinctive gravelly features.
- I got a decent base tan without turning into a blistery tomato.
- My eldest son's holiday reading was the brand new Harry Potter and, with his sun-streaked hair and mahogany tan, he looked like a local.
- Later, he would grow a moustache and work on his tan, which is a deep, reddish-bronze colour.
- The solution in the airbrush contains self-tanner, bronzer and a moisturizer, and results in a perfectly even all-over tan.
- And to prove he is a country boy, there is the v-neck open shirt tan.
- It is a busy time for vacation home rentals and theme parks alike, but also an excellent time to work on getting that gorgeous bronzed tan!
- You get a half baked tan/sunburn due to being stooped over the shovel or work area, but the 95 degree heat helps sweat off the pounds.
- She recently had her dark hair cut short and now wears it gamine and honey-coloured, which suits her clean bone structure and a light summer tan.
- Develop golden tans and honour requests for autographs.
- It was lovely, a nice green colour that would have brought out your tan.
- Most important, I'd like something that does not make me look washed-out or in need of a tan.
- Flawless skin and a radiant tan are key to complementing the clothing trends for spring and summer 2002.
- If you want the golden glow of a tan without exposure to damaging UV light, consider using sunless tanning products or bronzers.
- The holiday photographs show her apparently in the best of health, smiling on the balcony, her skin glowing with a tan.
- The colour from her tan had all but drained from her, her limbs were heavy and powerless, but she was by no means dead.
- Other salons across Scotland are now looking at the technology, which its manufacturers claim is safer than sunbeds and gives a more natural tan.
- Her nails are short and not in the least scary, there is no electric tan, deathly blonde hair or sticky lipstick.
Synonyms become suntanned, take a suntan, take a tan, brown, become brown, go brown, bronze 3Bark of oak or other trees, bruised and used as a source of tannin for converting hides into leather. Example sentencesExamples - Should tan bark be laid where leaves fall?
- Mangroves forests used to be the source of tan bark for the tannin extract industry, while now there is little or no commercial extraction of timber and mangrove wood is widely used locally for fuel, charcoal and for the manufacture of poles and piles.
- Peeling tan bark had to take place in the spring time when the tan-oak trees were full of sap.
- It sniffed at me calmly, gave a canine-style shrug, and disappeared behind tanbark oaks.
- Back in America, Quercus prinus was better known as mountain or rock oak, after its preferred habitat; tanbark oak after its preferred use; and nowadays, chestnut oak after the shape of its leaves.
- 3.1 Bark from which the tannin has been extracted, used for covering the ground for walking, riding, playgrounds, etc., and in gardening.
Example sentencesExamples - He held his breath as he positioned himself meticulously in the tanbark, shoelaces of his sneakers quivering.
- She had stayed away from the sandpit, and the tanbark, and all the play equipment.
- I grinned broadly and stepped off the footpath, slowly making my way across the grass, stepping into the large wooden-plank-outlined square of tanbark, and heading straight for the swings.
- This has not lessened the popularity of spent tanbark as a ground covering in such places as circus arenas, horse tracks, and children's playgrounds.
- The original tannery with its vats, bark mill and heaps of spent tan was located between the homestead and the building to the north.
verbtantæn 1no object (of a pale-skinned person or their skin) become brown or browner after exposure to the sun. you'll tan very quickly in the pure air Example sentencesExamples - For a fixed monthly price, you can tan as much as you want.
- In case you are thinking why there is a line above the gstring tanline, I was tanning with a rather high-waist normal bikini bottom at first.
- She doesn't tan easily; her skin is rather fair for someone who spends so much time outdoors.
- Whether you're tanning on the beach or staying cool at the mall, these glosses will be perfect for subtle shine or a high powered sheen.
- If you love the sun, you can tan with a Playboy bunny sticker near your bikini line.
- She was lying on her back, trying to tan away the line from her shorts that she got during cheer practice.
- As I was tanning, some random guy came up and talked to me.
- Every day was sunny and, despite being blonde, I do tan.
- People I know who go tanning, tan a lot, and they look tan all the time, even if it's, like, January.
- As time passed, we realized that, unlike the others, I did not tan.
- They were in the pool drinking beer and the other girls were tanning.
- They sat tanning for a while and gossiping about everything, but mostly the boys.
- I don't tan easily, but all those days outdoors had weathered me, and given me restless nights suffering from sunburn.
- She tipped her sunglasses and looked at me sternly from the pool deck where she was tanning.
- They were tanning while relaxing in the warm bubbly Jacuzzi at Beaches Sandy Bay.
- They were eligible for the study if they had very pale skin and on history were unable to tan despite exposure to sunlight.
- He had pale skin, but it was March, and even then I understood that people tanned in summer and lost color in winter.
- She and I, we're lying on our towels, mostly talking but also kind of tanning, because she claims she's actually tanning and not burning for once.
- I don't burn either, which is nice, but even if I spend eight hours under the Mediterranean sun, I don't tan.
- If these critters are a problem I cover up, if not I wear shorts and short sleeve shirts with lots of P20 once a day sun filter, you will tan without burning.
- 1.1usually as adjective tannedwith object (of the sun) cause (a pale-skinned person or their skin) to become brown or browner.
Example sentencesExamples - She doesn't wear sunblock, and she's deeply tanned.
- He is tanned in appearance and has slightly long, dark hair.
- He's tanned, fit and blessed, with a full thatch of light-brown hair.
- She was deeply tanned from the desert, and her deep brown skin seemed almost black against the soft white linen.
- He was tanned from swimming in the outdoor pools.
- It was a Japanese-American tanned girl with brown eyes, a red spaghetti strap dress with a yellow star and a wand.
- He has short brown hair, he's tanned and he has sky blue eyes, and everyone loves him.
- He was lightly tanned and the shade fit him perfectly.
- The chiseled features had always been tanned deeply by the sun.
- She is tanned and curvy, with long, wavy, blonde hair.
- His hair was light brown, his skin tanned, and his body as healthy as could be.
- Photographs of him at the time show he had striking good looks - he was tanned, with a head of thick black hair, well-built and fit.
- He was naturally tanned, had really dark brown hair and deep hazel eyes.
- Her younger and less tanned sister had her shoulder length brown hair braided.
- He was tanned and his unruly hair hung just above his eyes.
- The children were tanned from free play in the sun.
- A few minutes later the door opened and a small, pretty tanned girl with straight brown hair walked in.
- She was more tanned, the southern sun brightening her skin.
- Suddenly a fit, tanned surfer with a slouching hat appears with his dog between the palm trees welcoming the arriving guests.
- The other man was tanned, about 5ft 10 in, with short brown hair, possibly with a pierced left eyebrow.
2with object Convert (animal skin) into leather by soaking in a liquid containing tannic acid, or by the use of other chemicals. Example sentencesExamples - Ostrich skins were tanned and made into boots, coats, wallets.
- It had fresco brick wall sides peaking upward as if inside a tent, there were tanned pelts of animal skins as tapestries on the wall.
- Over saturation curls the skin and tans the hide
- Aside from doing taxidermy he also tans crocodile hide using a 2500-year-old rainforest bark method.
- As for the rabbit skins, we are tanning the hides to make decorator rugs for our home, using the recipe from another issue of the magazine.
- They also came from the odiferous chemicals used to tan animal hides into leather.
- Or perhaps you require chemicals with which to tan leather?
- On the second night, after a long day spent scraping and stretching and tanning a deer skin, he asked me what I was hiding from.
- If you do not plan to tan the hide immediately after skinning it, remove as much of the flesh, fat, membranous tissue as possible.
- Deer hides and small fur skins can be tanned at home through a variety of techniques.
- The next day he taught us how to tan the skin, and make weapons and tools from the bones.
- Variations of these methods are still used by do-it-yourself outdoorsmen to tan hides.
3dated, informal with object Beat (someone) repeatedly as a punishment. “If Mickey touches a fishing net, I'll tan his hide!” Example sentencesExamples - My father would have tanned my hide if I pulled a stunt like that.
- Seriously...do you really think that your strength and your ability to tan the hide of a child is going to teach them respect?
- Gimme any more lip and I'll tan your hide for all to see.
- Everyone in the village did, or taught them, or tanned their hides for stealing apples.
Synonyms thrash, beat, wallop, belt, strap, spank, whip, lash, leather, cane, flog, flail, flagellate, horsewhip, birch, switch, flay
adjectivetantæn 1Of a yellowish-brown color. a tan baseball cap with orange piping Example sentencesExamples - The carpet was a tan color and was crusty in some spots.
- The walls were painted a creamy tan color and along the walls were many different pictures of streets in many different countries and cities.
- The office walls were plain white and the carpet was a generic tan color.
- He was wearing tan slacks and a shirt that brought out the color in his green eyes.
- She wears a tan baseball cap and a short-sleeved striped shirt.
2North American (of a pale-skinned person) having golden-brown skin after exposure to the sun. she looks tall, tan, and healthy Example sentencesExamples - They were walking home from school, the tan girl on the left and the darker one on the right.
- He had dark brown hair, clear green eyes, an amazing smile, and he was very tan.
- Plus, I now have funny tan lines - I was out with my exercise pants and a jog bra so my arms, chest, feet and face are tan.
- But they were all tan, and clean-shaven, and had the most beautifully sculpted bodies.
- Their ideal boy was blond, tan, impeccably dressed, and sensitive.
- I took off my clothes and found that my skin was a pale sort of tan with a tint of dirt.
- He was fairly tan and well-built wearing black jeans, red converses, and a black T with Marilyn Monroe on the front.
- He was slightly tan and wore all black with a long cape that reached the ground.
- She turned and exhaled gratefully as the tan boy with the piercing eyes and spiky hair, stood with his arms crossed in a sarcastic manner behind her.
- I was naturally tan also, mostly handed down from my mother.
- He was relatively tan, and because he was shirtless, I could perfectly make out his lean physique.
- A tall, handsome, tan boy walked down the aisles in the supermarket.
- He was fairly tan and obviously from a state that was the complete opposite of Massachusetts.
- She could feel her cheeks flushing and prayed that she was tan enough to hide the blush slightly.
- He was tan and muscular and had dark brown hair and bright blue eyes.
- She was tan and athletic, and I could tell she had been a rebel for quite some time.
- Sunscreen doesn't prevent you from getting tan; it blocks out the harmful rays.
- She had the perfect body type, and she was quite tan with dark hair.
- Touching her face, which was tan from being outside so much, and lips which were a bit parched from the sun, she furrowed her brow in thought.
- She was a tan girl with sleek dark hair and almond shaped eyes.
Origin Late Old English tannian ‘convert into leather’, probably from medieval Latin tannare, perhaps of Celtic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old French tanner. Early use of the noun ( late Middle English) was in tan (sense 3 of the noun). |