Definition of tans Tans
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Wiktionary 
- tans (Noun)
Plural of tan.
Part of speech
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NounPlural: tans |
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| tan - a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun | ||
| suntan, sunburn, burn | ||
| hyperpigmentation unusual darkening of the skin | ||
| tan - a light brown the color of topaz | ||
| topaz | ||
| tan - ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle | ||
| tangent | ||
| circular function, trigonometric function function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle | ||
Verb |
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| tan - treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather | ||
| convert change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an acid" | ||
| bark tan (a skin) with bark tannins | ||
| tan - get a tan, from wind or sun | ||
| bronze | ||
| discolour, discolor, color, colour change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored" | ||
| suntan get a tan from being exposed to the sun | ||
Adjectivetan, tanner, tannest |
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| tan - of a light yellowish-brown color | ||
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Wiktionary
- tan (Noun)
A yellowish-brown colour. - tan (Noun)
A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources. - tan (Noun)
The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained. - tan (Verb)
To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun. - tan (Verb)
To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid . See Wikipedia article on Tanning . To work as a tanner. - tan (Verb)
To spank or beat. - tan (Adjective)
Of a yellowish-brown. - tan (Adjective)
Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tan (n.)
See Picul. - tan (n.)
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. - tan (n.)
A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan. - tan (n.)
A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan. - tan (a.)
Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown. - tan (n.)
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. - tan (n.)
To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin. - tan (v. i.)
To get or become tanned.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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To treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather. -
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To get a tan, from wind or sun. -
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A browning of the skin obtained from exposure to the sun.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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tan, n. bark of the oak, &c., bruised and broken for tanning: a yellowish-brown colour.—v.t. to convert skins and hides into leather by steeping in vegetable solutions containing tannin: to make brown or tawny: to take the freshness from: (coll.) to beat.—v.i. to become tanned:—pr.p. tan′ning; pa.t. and pa.p. tanned.—n.pl. Tan′-balls, the spent bark of the tanner's yard pressed into lumps, which harden on drying, and serve for fuel.—n. Tan′-bed (hort.), a bark-bed.—adj. Tan′-col′oured, of the colour of tan.—ns. Tan′ling (Shak.), one tanned or scorched by the heat of the sun; Tan′-liq′uor, -ooze, an aqueous extract of tan-bark.—adj. Tan′nable.—ns. Tan′nage, act of tanning: browning from exposure to the sun: the act of steeping cast slabs of artificial marble in a solution of potash alum to harden it and make it insoluble; Tan′ner, one who tans; Tan′nery, a place for tanning; Tan′ning, the art of tanning or converting into leather; Tan′-pit, -vat, a vat in which hides are steeped in liquor with tan; Tan′-yard, a yard or enclosure where leather is tanned. [A.S. tannian; cf. Dut. tanen, or prob. O. Fr. tan—Bret. tann, an oak. If the latter, then Old High Ger. tanna (Ger. tanne), fir, oak, is borrowed.]
