Meaning Of The Word Tan

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tan
singular noun: If you have a tan, your skin has become darker than usual because you have been in the sun.

TAN in American English
noun: tax-anticipation note

tan in American English 1
of or for tanning
tanbark
to change (hide) into leather by soaking in tannin
intransitive verb: to become tanned
transitive verb: to convert (a hide) into leather, esp. by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically

tan in American English 2
tangent
noun

tan in British English 1
noun: the brown colour produced by the skin after intensive exposure to ultraviolet rays, esp those of the sun

tan in British English 2
abbreviation for: tangent (sense 2)

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