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31tan — tan1 [ tæn ] noun * 1. ) count a SUNTAN: My tan is fading. a golden/deep tan 2. ) uncount a light brown color: What do you think of tan for the walls? tan tan 2 [ tæn ] adjective 1. ) light brown in color: a tan suit 2. ) AMERICAN someone who is… …
32tan — I UK [tæn] / US noun Word forms tan : singular tan plural tans * 1) [countable] a suntan My tan is fading. a golden/deep tan 2) [uncountable] a light brown colour What do you think of tan for the walls? II UK [tæn] / US verb Word forms tan …
33tan — 1. noun /tæn/ a) A yellowish brown colour. She still has a tan from her vacation in Mexico. b) A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources. 2. adjective /tæn/ a) Of a yellowish brown …
34tan — tan1 noun 1》 a yellowish brown colour. 2》 a golden brown shade of skin developed by pale skinned people after exposure to the sun. 3》 (also tanbark) bark of oak or other trees, bruised and used as a source of tannin for converting hides into… …
35tan — 1 verb tanned, tanning 1 (I) if you tan, your skin becomes darker because you spend time in the sun: People with fair skin usually don t tan very easily. 2 (T) if the sun tans you, it makes your skin become darker 3 (T) to make animal skin into… …
36tan — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ⇨ See also ↑suntan ADJECTIVE ▪ dark, deep, golden ▪ light ▪ healthy ▪ all over (esp. BrE …
37tan — I. /tæn / (say tan) verb (tanned, tanning) –verb (t) 1. to convert (a hide) into a leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from bark, as wattle, etc., or synthetically. 2. to make brown by exposure to ultraviolet rays, as of …
38tan — I [[t]tæn[/t]] v. tanned, tan•ning, 1) clo to convert (a hide) into leather, esp. by steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark 2) phl to brown by exposure to ultraviolet rays, as of the sun 3) inf to thrash; spank 4) phl to become tanned 5) phl a… …
39tan — v 1. convert to leather, steep or soak in tan bark or tannin or tannic acid; lie in the sun, sunbathe, weather. 2. brown, embrown, turn brown, toast, darken. 3.Informal. spank, thrash thresh, Inf. whale the tar out of, Brit. Dial. yerk; whip,… …
40tan — [OE] Tan was borrowed into late Old English from the medieval Latin verb tannāre. This was derived from tannum ‘oak bark’ (oak bark is used in tanning leather), which itself was probably a loan word from Gaulish tanno ‘oak’. The French noun tan… …
