TAN

tan

(adjective) of a light yellowish-brown color

tan, topaz

(noun) a light brown the color of topaz

tangent, tan

(noun) ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle

tan, suntan, sunburn, burn

(noun) a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun

tan, bronze

(verb) get a tan, from wind or sun

tan

(verb) treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

TAN

(engineering) Initialism of total acid number, the measure of a lubricant's or crude oil's acidity.

(banking) Initialism of transaction authentication number, in electronic banking.

Anagrams

• -ant, ANT, Ant, Ant., NAT, NTA, Nat, Nat., TNA, a'n't, an't, ant, ant-, ant., nat

Etymology 1

Noun

tan (plural tans)

A yellowish-brown colour.

A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.

The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.

Adjective

tan (comparative tanner, )

Of a yellowish-brown.

Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun.

Etymology 2

Verb

tan (third-person singular simple present tans, present participle tanning, simple past and past participle tanned)

(transitive, intransitive) To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.

(transitive) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.

(transitive, informal) To spank or beat.

Etymology 3

Numeral

tan

(dialect, rare) The second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and parts of Yorkshire, for counting sheep, and stitches in knitting.

Etymology 4

Noun

tan

An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh

Etymology 5

Noun

tan (usually uncountable, plural tans)

synonym of picul, particularly in Cantonese contexts.

Etymology 6

Noun

tan (plural tans)

(dialectal) A twig or small switch.

Anagrams

• -ant, ANT, Ant, Ant., NAT, NTA, Nat, Nat., TNA, a'n't, an't, ant, ant-, ant., nat

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Tan

A Chinese surname.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Tan

A Chinese surname.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Tan

A Vietnamese surname.

Anagrams

• -ant, ANT, Ant, Ant., NAT, NTA, Nat, Nat., TNA, a'n't, an't, ant, ant-, ant., nat

Source: Wiktionary

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Tan, n. Etym: [Chin.]

Definition: See Picul.

Tan, n. Etym: [F. tan, perhaps fr. Armor. tann an oak, oak bar; or of Teutonic origin; cf. G. tanne a fir, OHG. tanna a fir, oak, MHG. tan a forest. Cf. Tawny.]

1. 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.

2. A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.

3. A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan. Tan bed (Hort.), a bed made of tan; a bark bed.

– Tan pickle, the liquor used in tanning leather.

– Tan spud, a spud used in stripping bark for tan from trees.

– Tan stove. See Bark stove, under Bark.

– Tan vat, a vat in which hides are steeped in liquor with tan.

Tan, a.

Definition: Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown. Black and tan. See under Black, a.

Tan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tanned; p. pr. & vb. n. Tanning.] Etym: [F. tanner, LL. tannare. See Tan, n.]

1. 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.

Note: The essential result in tanning is due to the fact that the tannins form, with gelatins and albuminoids, a series of insoluble compounds which constitute leather. Similar results may be produced by the use of other reagents in place of tannin, as alum, and some acids or chlorides, which are employed in certain processes of tanning.

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

Tan, v. i.

Definition: To get or become tanned.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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