'TAN' definitions:

Definition of 'tan'

From: WordNet
adjective
Of a light yellowish-brown color
noun
A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun [syn: tan, suntan, sunburn, burn]
noun
A light brown the color of topaz [syn: tan, topaz]
noun
Ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle [syn: tangent, tan]
verb
Treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
verb
Get a tan, from wind or sun [syn: tan, bronze]

Definition of 'Tan'

From: GCIDE
  • Tan \Tan\, a. Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown. [1913 Webster]
  • Black and tan. See under Black, a. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tan'

From: GCIDE
  • Tan \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To thrash or beat; to flog; to switch; as, to tan a disobedient child's hide. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

Definition of 'Tan'

From: GCIDE
  • Tan \Tan\, n. [Chin.] See Picul. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tan'

From: GCIDE
  • Tan \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tan'

From: GCIDE
  • Tan \Tan\, v. i. To get or become tanned. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'tan'

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  • Picul \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.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'tan'

From: GCIDE
  • colorful \colorful\ adj.
  • 1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
  • Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing; prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed, empurpled}]
  • Syn: colourful. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious; flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque] [WordNet 1.5]
  • 3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey; as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and monochrome.
  • Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn, reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden; azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor, bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue, bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful, blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy; brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary, canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation; chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored, earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green, dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender, lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley, multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored; ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive; orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish; purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red; rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown, snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored, snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel, brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color, straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine; tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion, vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish; yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey, honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta; maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green; sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark, light.]
  • Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate). [WordNet 1.5]

Synonyms of 'tan'

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Acronyms for 'TAN'

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