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tan

(t/&/n )

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

Synonym:
burn, sunburn, suntan

source: wordnet30
a light brown the color of topaz(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
topaz

source: wordnet30
ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle(noun.linkdef)

Synonym:
tangent

source: wordnet30
See Picul.(noun)

source: webster1913
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

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

source: wordnet30
get a tan, from wind or sun(verb.body)

Synonym:
bronze

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To get or become tanned.(verb)

source: webster1913
To thrash or beat; to flog; to switch.(verb)

source: webster1913

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