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tan 1
(tăn)v. tanned, tan·ning, tans
v.tr.
1. To convert (an animal hide) into leather by subjecting it to a chemical process that stabilizes the proteins, making it less susceptible to decay.
2.
a. To make (a person or a person's skin) darker by exposure to the sun.
b. To make (a person or a person's skin) darker by exposure to artificial sunlight or by the application of certain chemicals, often in the form of sprays or lotions.
3. Informal To thrash; beat.
v.intr.
To become darker from exposure to the sun or artificial sunlight, or from the application of certain chemicals.
n.
1. A light or moderate yellowish brown to brownish orange.
2.
a. A suntan.
b. An artificially created suntan.
3. Tanbark.
4.
a. Tannin.
b. A solution derived from tannin.
adj. tan·ner, tan·nest
1. Light or moderate yellowish-brown to brownish-orange.
2. Having a suntan or the appearance of a suntan.
3. Used in or relating to tanning.
[Middle English tannen, from Old English *tannian, from Medieval Latin tannāre, from tannum, tanbark, probably of Celtic origin.]
tan′nish adj.
tan 2
abbr. Mathematics
tangent
Tan
(tăn)n. pl. Tan or Tans
See Tanka.
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tanned
(tænd)adj
(of skin or person) brown or bronzed after exposure to the sun or UV rays
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Adj. | 1. | tanned - (of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun; "a young bronzed Apollo" |
2. | tanned - converted to leather by a tanning agent untanned - not converted to leather by a tanning agent; "a whip made of untanned hide" |
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Translations
بَشَرَةٌ برُونْزيُّ اللُّوْنمَسْفوع، مُسْمَر
opálenývyčiněnývydělaný
solbrændt
ruskettunut
preplanuo
napbarnított
sólbrúnn
日焼け色の
황갈색의
zagorel
solbränd
ที่มีผิวสีแทน
bronzlaşmışgüneşte yanmış
rám nắng
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tanned
[tænd] adj → abbronzato/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
tan
(tӕn) – past tense, past participle tanned – verb1. to make an animal's skin into leather (by treating it with certain substances).
2. to (cause a person's skin to) become brown in the sun. She was tanned by the sun.
noun, adjective (of) a light brown colour. tan shoes.
noun suntan tanned skin. He came back from holiday with a tan.
tanned adjective sunburnt. a tanned face.
ˈtanner noun a person who tans leather.
ˈtannery – plural ˈtanneries – noun a place where leather is tanned.
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tanned
→ بَشَرَةٌ برُونْزيُّ اللُّوْن opálený solbrændt braungebrannt μαυρισμένος bronceado ruskettunut bronzé preplanuo abbronzato 日焼け色の 황갈색의 gebruind solbrun opalony bronzeado загорелый solbränd ที่มีผิวสีแทน güneşte yanmış rám nắng 晒成褐色的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009