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Audio Help [tan] Pronunciation Key verb, tanned, tan·ning, noun, adjective, tan·ner, tan·nest.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to convert (a hide) into leather, esp. 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)

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.

tanbark.

–adjective

8.	of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.

9.	used in or relating to tanning processes, materials, etc.

—Idiom

10.	tan someone's hide, Informal. to beat someone soundly: She threatened to tan our hides if she found us on her property again.

[Origin: bef. 1000; 1920–25 for def. 2; ME tannen to make hide into leather, late OE *tannian (in ptp. getanned; cf. tanner¹) < ML tannāre, deriv. of tannum oak bark, tanbark < Gmc; cf. OHG tanna oak, fir, akin to D den fir

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—Related forms

tan·na·ble, adjective

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–noun

tangent (def. 5b).

[Origin: by shortening

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Tan

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–noun

Amy, born 1952, U.S. novelist.

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–noun

tax-anticipation note.

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tan¹ Audio Help   (tān) Pronunciation Key
v.   tanned, tan·ning, tans

v.   tr.

To convert (hide) into leather, as by treating with tannin.
To make brown by exposure to the sun.
Informal To thrash; beat.

v. intr.
To become brown or tawny from exposure to sun.

n.

A light or moderate yellowish brown to brownish orange.
The brown color that sun rays impart to the skin.
Tanbark.
1. Tannin.
2. A solution derived from tannin.

adj. tan·ner, tan·nest

Light or moderate yellowish-brown to brownish-orange.
Having a suntan.
Used in or relating to tanning.

[Middle English tannen, from Old English *tannian, from Medieval Latin tannāre, from tannum, tanbark, probably of Celtic origin.]

tan'nish adj.

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tan²
abbr. Mathematics
tangent

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Tan Audio Help (tān) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. Tan or Tans
See Tanka.

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tan·gent Audio Help (tān'jənt) Pronunciation Key

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adj.

Making contact at a single point or along a line; touching but not intersecting.
Irrelevant.

A line, curve, or surface meeting another line, curve, or surface at a common point and sharing a common tangent line or tangent plane at that point.
Abbr. tan Mathematics The trigonometric function of an acute angle in a right triangle that is the ratio of the length of the side opposite the angle to the length of the side adjacent to the angle.
A sudden digression or change of course: went off on a tangent during the courtroom argument.
Music An upright pin in a keyboard instrument, especially in a clavichord, that rises to sound a string when a key is depressed and stops the string at a preset length to set the pitch.

[Latin (līnea) tangēns, tangent-, touching (line), present participle of tangere, to touch; see tag- in Indo-European roots.]

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Tan·ka Audio Help (täng'kä) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. Tanka or Tan·kas
A member of a people inhabiting coastal areas in China, traditionally living on small boats clustered in colonies. Also called Tan.

[Chinese (Cantonese) Tánka, equivalent to Chinese (Mandarin) Dànjiā : Dàn, tribal name + jiā, family, people.]

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tan (v.)

late O.E. tannian "to convert hide into leather" (by steeping it in tannin), from M.L. tannare "tan, dye, a tawny color" (c.900), from tannum "crushed oak bark," used in tanning leather, probably from a Celtic source (e.g. Breton tann "oak tree"). The meaning "make brown by exposure to the sun" first recorded 1530. To tan (someone's) hide in the figurative sense is from 1670. The adj. tan "of the color of tanned leather" is recorded from 1665; the noun sense of "bronze color imparted to skin by exposure to sun" is from 1749; as a simple name for a brownish color, in any context, it is recorded from 1888.

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tan
adjective
1.	of a light yellowish-brown color
noun
1.	a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
2.	a light brown the color of topaz
3.	ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle [syn: tangent]
verb
1.	treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
2.	get a tan, from wind or sun

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tan1 [tӕn] verb — past tense, past participle tanned

to make an animal's skin into leather (by treating it with certain substances)

Arabic:	يَدْبُغ
Chinese (Simplified):	鞣革
Chinese (Traditional):	鞣革
Czech:	vyčiňovat
Danish:	garve
Dutch:	looien
Estonian:	parkima
Finnish:	parkita
French:	tanner
German:	gerben
Greek:	κατεργάζομαι
Hungarian:	cserez
Icelandic:	súta
Indonesian:	menyamak
Italian:	conciare

Japanese:	なめす
Korean:	무두질하다
Latvian:	miecēt (ādu)
Lithuanian:	rauginti (odą)
Norwegian:	garve
Polish:	garbować
Portuguese (Brazil):	curtir
Portuguese (Portugal):	curtir
Romanian:	a tăbăci
Russian:	дубить
Slovak:	trieslovať, vyrábať
Slovenian:	strojiti
Spanish:	curtir
Swedish:	garva
Turkish:	tabaklamak

tan2 [tӕn] verb

to (cause a person's skin to) become brown in the sun
Example: She was tanned by the sun.

Arabic:	يَنْدَبِغ الجِلْد
Chinese (Simplified):	晒黑
Chinese (Traditional):	曬黑
Czech:	opálit se
Danish:	blive solbrændt
Dutch:	bruinen
Estonian:	pruuniks põle(ta)ma
Finnish:	ruskettua
French:	bronzer
German:	bräunen
Greek:	μαυρίζω στον ήλιο
Hungarian:	lebarnít; lesül
Icelandic:	verða sólbrúnn
Indonesian:	mencoklatkan
Italian:	abbronzare, abbronzarsi

Japanese:	日焼けさせる
Korean:	햇볕에 태우다; 볕에 타다
Latvian:	iedegt
Lithuanian:	įdegti, įdeginti
Norwegian:	bli brun
Polish:	opalać (się)
Portuguese (Brazil):	bronzear(-se)
Portuguese (Portugal):	bronzear(-se)
Romanian:	a (se) bronza
Russian:	загорать
Slovak:	opáliť sa
Slovenian:	porjaveti
Spanish:	broncearse
Swedish:	solbränna
Turkish:	esmerleş(tir)mek, bronzlaş(tır)mak

tan [tӕn] noun, adjective

(of) a light brown colour
Example: tan shoes

Arabic:	أسْمَر، مَدْبوغ
Chinese (Simplified):	棕黄色（的）
Chinese (Traditional):	棕黃色(的)
Czech:	světlá hněď; světlehnědý
Danish:	gyldenbrun
Dutch:	geelbruin
Estonian:	helepruun
Finnish:	vaaleanruskea
French:	fauve
German:	die Lohfarbe; lohfarben
Greek:	καφετής
Hungarian:	sárgásbarna szín
Icelandic:	gulbrúnn
Indonesian:	warna coklat muda
Italian:	marrone chiaro*

Japanese:	黄かっ色
Korean:	황갈색; 황갈색의
Latvian:	dzeltenbrūna krāsa
Lithuanian:	gelsvai ruda spalva; gelsvai rudas
Norwegian:	lær-, *gyllenbrun
Polish:	brązowawy
Portuguese (Brazil):	castanho
Portuguese (Portugal):	acastanhado
Romanian:	cafeniu
Russian:	желтовато-коричневатый (цвет)
Slovak:	svetlohnedá farba; svetlohnedý
Slovenian:	rumeno rjava barva
Spanish:	marrón claro
Swedish:	brun
Turkish:	bronz rengi

tan [tӕn] noun

suntan tanned skin
Example: He came back from holiday with a tan.

Arabic:	سَفْع، لَوْن أسْمَر
Chinese (Simplified):	晒得黑黑的皮肤
Chinese (Traditional):	曬得黑黑的皮膚
Czech:	opálení
Danish:	solbrun hud
Dutch:	bruine kleur
Estonian:	päevitus
Finnish:	rusketus
French:	bronzage
German:	die Sonnenbräunung
Greek:	μαύρισμα
Hungarian:	lebarnulás
Icelandic:	sólbrúnka
Indonesian:	kulit coklat
Italian:	abbronzatura

Japanese:	日焼け
Korean:	햇볕에 탐, 햇볕에 탄 피부
Latvian:	iedegums
Lithuanian:	įdegimas
Norwegian:	(sol)brunhet
Polish:	opalenizna
Portuguese (Brazil):	bronzeado
Portuguese (Portugal):	bronzeado
Romanian:	bronz
Russian:	загар
Slovak:	opálenie
Slovenian:	zagorelost
Spanish:	bronceado
Swedish:	solbränna
Turkish:	bronz ten

See also: tanner, tannery, tanned

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tan
Abbreviation of tangent

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Main Entry: ²tan
Function: noun
: a brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or wind

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Main Entry: ¹tan
Pronunciation: 'tan
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: tanned; tan·ning
transitive senses
: to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun tan intransitive senses
: to get or become tanned

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Tax Anticipation Notes - TAN

Short-term debt securities issued in anticipation of future tax collections.

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TANs are generally issued by state and municipal governments to provide immediate funding for a capital expenditure, such as highway construction.

Also spelled: Tax Anticipation NoteTAN

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TAN

See tax anticipation note.

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Tan

Tan\, v. t. To thrash or beat; to flog; to switch. [Colloq.]

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tan

Pic"ul\, n. [Jav. & Malay pikul, fr. pikul to carry on the back, to carry a burden; n., a man's burden.] A commercial weight varying in different countries and for different commodities. In Borneo it is 1355/8 lbs.; in China and Sumatra, 1331/2 lbs.; in Japan, 1331/3 lbs.; but sometimes 130 lbs., etc. Called also, by the Chinese, tan. [Written also pecul, and pecal.]

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Tan

Tan\, n. [Chin.] See Picul.

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Tan\, n. [F. tan, perhaps fr. Armor. tann an oak, oak bar; or of Teutonic origin; cf. G. tanne a fir, OHG. tanna a fir, oak, MHG. tan a forest. Cf. Tawny.]

1. 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.

2. A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.

3. A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan.

Tan bed (Hort.), a bed made of tan; a bark bed.

Tan pickle, the liquor used in tanning leather.

Tan spud, a spud used in stripping bark for tan from trees.

Tan stove. See Bark stove, under Bark.

Tan vat, a vat in which hides are steeped in liquor with tan.

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Tan

Tan\, a. Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.

Black and tan. See under Black, a.

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Tan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tanned; p. pr. & vb. n. Tanning.] [F. tanner, LL. tannare. See Tan, n.]

1. 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.

Note: The essential result in tanning is due to the fact that the tannins form, with gelatins and albuminoids, a series of insoluble compounds which constitute leather. Similar results may be produced by the use of other reagents in place of tannin, as alum, and some acids or chlorides, which are employed in certain processes of tanning.

2. To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin.

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