Definition of Tan

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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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Tan Quotations

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

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

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

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

I have olive skin, so if I get pale, I look green. I have to tan.
Nicole Richie

The way to make coaches think you're in shape in the spring is to get a tan.
Whitey Ford

Tan Translations

tan in Dutch is tanen, leerlooien, looien
tan in French is bronzer
tan in Italian is abbrunire
tan in Spanish is bronceado

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