Definition of Tan

Tan

To thrash or beat; to flog; to switch.

See Picul.

The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; -- so called both before and after it has been used. Called also tan bark.

A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.

A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan.

Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.

To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water.

To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin.

To get or become tanned.

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For the majority of the time, I may as well have been just a really tan white kid. You know, I may as well have just been, like, a fat kid.
Aziz Ansari

My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess.
Mariah Carey

People go tanning because they like to feel tan. You feel more sexy when you're tan and I don't understand why you would tax on that, because you're making yourself feel more happy about yourself.
Nicole Polizzi

I don't go tanning anymore because Obama put a 10 percent tax on tanning. McCain would never put a 10 percent tax on tanning. Because he's pale and would probably want to be tan.
Nicole Polizzi

When you're tan, you feel better about yourself.
Nicole Polizzi

I use fake tan myself with a self tanning spray.
Lisa Snowdon

I work out like a maniac and I spray tan a lot. Genetics were kind, but I work very hard.
Anna Paquin

I don't look like a desert person because I stay indoors most of the day and fool around at night. That's what the desert animals do - they don't have a tan either.
Don Van Vliet

They built these little tanning booths for Brooke and I to do nothing but lay down and tan all over.
Christopher Atkins

Surfing is not my strong point. And... I don't really have a tan. I go to the tanning place, the one that sprays you with color.
Lori Loughlin