tan

verb

/tæn/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they tan	/tæn/ /tæn/
he / she / it tans	/tænz/ /tænz/
past simple tanned	/tænd/ /tænd/
past participle tanned	/tænd/ /tænd/
-ing form tanning	/ˈtænɪŋ/ /ˈtænɪŋ/

Idioms

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[intransitive, transitive] tan (somebody/something) if a person or their skin tans or is tanned, they become brown as a result of spending time in the sun
- My skin tans really easily.
- She tanned easily, despite her fair hair.
- You want your skin to tan evenly.
Topics Appearancec1, Holidaysc1
[transitive] tan something to make animal skin into leather by treating it with chemicals

Word Originverb late Old English tannian ‘convert into leather’, probably from medieval Latin tannare, perhaps of Celtic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old French tanner.

Idioms

have/tan somebody’s hide

(old-fashioned, informal or humorous) to punish somebody severely

tan

noun

/tæn/

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[uncountable] a yellow-brown colourTopics Colours and Shapesc1
(also suntan)
[countable] the brown colour that somebody with pale skin goes when they have been in the sun
- to get a tan
- My tan’s fading already.
- I want to top up my tan on the sunbed at the gym.
- Show off your tan in this little white top.
see also spray tanTopics Appearancec1, Holidaysc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- dark
- deep
- golden
- …
verb + tan
- have
- show off
- sport
- …
preposition
- against your tan
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tan

adjective

/tæn/

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yellow-brown in colourTopics Colours and Shapesc1
Word Originadjective late Old English tannian ‘convert into leather’, probably from medieval Latin tannare, perhaps of Celtic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old French tanner.

tan

abbreviation

/tæn/

(mathematics)

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tangent

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