Tan

  • 71tan — tan1 [tæn] v past tense and past participle tanned present participle tanning [Date: 900 1000; : Old French; Origin: tanner, from Medieval Latin tannare, from tanum; TAN2] 1.) [I and T] if you tan, or if the sun tans you, your skin becomes darker …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 72tan — {{11}}tan (n.) bronze color imparted to skin by exposure to sun, 1749, see TAN (Cf. tan) (v.). As a simple name for a brownish color, in any context, it is recorded from 1888. The adjective tan of the color of tanned leather is recorded from… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 73tan — 1 verb tanned, tanning 1 (I) if you tan, your skin becomes darker because you spend time in the sun: People with fair skin usually don t tan very easily. 2 (T) if the sun tans you, it makes your skin become darker 3 (T) to make animal skin into… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 74tan — 1. noun /tæn/ a) A yellowish brown colour. She still has a tan from her vacation in Mexico. b) A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources. 2. adjective /tæn/ a) Of a yellowish brown …

    Wiktionary

  • 75TAN — total adenine nucleotide; total ammonia nitrogen * * * tan tan vb, tanned; tan·ning vt to make (skin) tan esp. by exposure to the sun vi to get or become tanned tan n a brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or wind * * * (tan) 1 …

    Medical dictionary

  • 76tan — tandem translocation; tangent * * * tan tan vb, tanned; tan·ning vt to make (skin) tan esp. by exposure to the sun vi to get or become tanned tan n a brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or wind * * * (tan) 1. a light brown… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 77tan — (adv) (Básico) intensifica el significado de un adjetivo, adverbio o participio Ejemplos: No sabía que las entradas eran tan caras. ¿Por qué vamos tan deprisa? (m) (Intermedio) resonancia producida por golpes dados al instrumento musical de… …

    Español Extremo Basic and Intermediate

  • 78tan — muy; exageradamente; extremadamente; de tal modo; considerablemente; bastante; cf. re, más, bien, harto, pa, lo, súper; son tan buenos estos chocolates, ¿no te parece? , es tan bonito el lugar; tienes que venir la próxima vez , lo pasamos t …

    Diccionario de chileno actual

  • 79tan — I [[t]tæn[/t]] v. tanned, tan•ning, 1) clo to convert (a hide) into leather, esp. by steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark 2) phl to brown by exposure to ultraviolet rays, as of the sun 3) inf to thrash; spank 4) phl to become tanned 5) phl a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 80tan — I. verb (tanned; tanning) Etymology: Middle English tannen, from Anglo French tanner, from Medieval Latin tannare, from tanum, tannum tanbark Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to convert (hide) into leather by treatment with an infusion of …

    New Collegiate Dictionary