Tan

verb (used with object), tanned, tanning.
1.
to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
2.
to make brown by exposure to ultraviolet rays, as of the sun.
3.
Informal. to thrash; spank.
verb (used without object), tanned, tanning.
4.
to become tanned.
noun
5.
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
6.
yellowish brown; light brown.
7.
tanbark.
adjective, tanner, tannest.
8.
of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.
9.
used in or relating to tanning processes, materials, etc.
Idioms
10.
tan someone’s hide, Informal. to beat someone soundly:
She threatened to tan our hides if she found us on her property again.
noun
1.
tangent (def 5b).
noun
1.
Amy, born 1952, U.S. novelist.
noun
1.
tax-anticipation note.
Symbol, Trigonometry.
1.
arc tangent.
noun
1.
the brown colour produced by the skin after intensive exposure to ultraviolet rays, esp those of the sun
2.
a light or moderate yellowish-brown colour
3.
short for tanbark
verb tans, tanning, tanned
4.
to go brown or cause to go brown after exposure to ultraviolet rays: she tans easily
5.
to convert (a skin or hide) into leather by treating it with a tanning agent, such as vegetable tannins, chromium salts, fish oils, or formaldehyde
6.
(transitive) (slang) to beat or flog
adjective tanner, tannest
7.
of the colour tan: tan gloves
8.
used in or relating to tanning
abbreviation
1.
tangent (sense 2)
tan
Abbreviation of tangent
tan
tangent
TAN
teeny area network