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Tan   /tæn/   Listen
Tan

noun
1.
A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun.  Synonyms: burn, sunburn, suntan.
2.
A light brown the color of topaz.  Synonym: topaz.
3.
Ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle.  Synonym: tangent.
verb
(past & past part. tanned; pres. part. tanning)
1.
Treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather.
2.
Get a tan, from wind or sun.  Synonym: bronze.
adjective
(compar. tanner; superl. tannest)
1.
Of a light yellowish-brown color.



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"Tan" Quotes from Famous Books



... reduced to two—the big black-and-gray dog pup and one black-and-tan bitch pup. The reduction was probably a beneficent one for Desdemona, for her flanks were very hollow now. Two puppies were quite enough for her to nourish, more especially since one of the two already demanded as much nourishment as any two ordinary youngsters of his age. The ...
— Jan - A Dog and a Romance • A. J. Dawson
... of our ancestors. Our verb to curry (leather) comes from Old Fr. correer[73] (courroyer), to make ready, put in order, which represents a theoretical *con-red-are, the root syllable of which is Germanic and cognate with our ready. Ger. gerben, to tan, Old High Ger. garawen, to make ready, is a derivative of gar, ready, complete, now used only as an adverb meaning "quite," but cognate with ...
— The Romance of Words (4th ed.) • Ernest Weekley
... were in full-dress uniform Friday night, so I know just what I am talking about, scratches and all. Every woman appeared in her finest gown. I wore my nile-green silk, which I am afraid showed off my splendid coat of tan only ...
— Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 • Frances M.A. Roe
... the fishing season there is often the close smell of herring-scale, of bow tar and the bark-tan of the fishing nets; but this stair I climbed for the wherewithal was unusually sweet-odoured and clean, because on the first floor was the house of Provost Brown—a Campbell and a Gael, but burdened by accident with a Lowland-sounding cognomen. He had the whole flat ...
— John Splendid - The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn • Neil Munro
... the mermaid, and without a moment's hesitation Mary Louise followed her into the water and out beyond the breakers, swimming as easily as if she had always been a little mermaid, instead of a girl who wore tan shoes. ...
— The Iceberg Express • David Magie Cory


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