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verb (used with object)
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)
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.
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adjective
Idioms 8.
of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.
9.
used in or relating to tanning processes, materials, etc.
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:
before 1000; 1920–25 for def 2; Middle English tannen to make hide into leather, late Old English *tannian (in past participle getanned; cf. tanner1) < Medieval Latin tannāre, derivative of tannum oak bark, tanbark < Germanic; compare Old High German tanna oak, fir, akin to Dutch den fir
before 1000; 1920–25 for def 2; Middle English tannen to make hide into leather, late Old English *tannian (in past participle getanned; cf. tanner1) < Medieval Latin tannāre, derivative of tannum oak bark, tanbark < Germanic; compare Old High German tanna oak, fir, akin to Dutch den fir
Related forms
tan·na·ble, adjective
un·tanned, adjective
well-tanned, adjective
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tan1 (tæn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 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 |
| —vb , 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. | slang (tr) to beat or flog |
| —adj , tans, tanning, tanned, tanner, tannest | |
| 7. | of the colour tan: tan gloves |
| 8. | used in or relating to tanning |
| [Old English tannian (unattested as infinitive, attested as getanned, past participle), from Medieval Latin tannāre, from tannum tanbark, perhaps of Celtic origin; compare Irish tana thin] | |
| 'tannable1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'tannish1 | |
| —adj | |
| tan2 (tæn) | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| tangent (sense 2) | |
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Word Origin & History
tan
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
Abbreviation of tangent |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| tan tangent |
| TAN teeny area network |
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tan someone's hide
Also, have someone's hide. Spank or beat someone, as in Dad said he'd tan Billy's hide if he caught him smoking, or I'll have your hide if you take something without paying for it. This term uses hide in the sense of "skin." The allusion in the first expression is to a spanking that will change one's skin just as chemicals tan animal hide (convert it into leather). [Second half of 1600s]
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