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Tan   /tæn/   Listen
Tan

noun
1.
A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun.  Synonyms: burn, sunburn, suntan.
2.
A light brown the color of topaz.  Synonym: topaz.
3.
Ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle.  Synonym: tangent.
verb
(past & past part. tanned; pres. part. tanning)
1.
Treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather.
2.
Get a tan, from wind or sun.  Synonym: bronze.
adjective
(compar. tanner; superl. tannest)
1.
Of a light yellowish-brown color.



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"Tan" Quotes from Famous Books



... room there sprang a beautiful little King Charles spaniel, white, with tan spots, and ears of the longest, ...
— The Children's Book of Christmas Stories • Various
... Bacardi Cocktail—Country Club Style Baldy Cocktail Bamboo Cocktail Black Cow Blood Hound Cocktail Bombay Cocktail Benedictine Beef Tea Bishop Bishop A La Prusse Bismarck Bizzy Izzy High Ball Black Stripe Black and Tan Punch Blackthorne Cocktail Blackthorne Sour Bliz's Royal Rickey Blue Blazer Boating Punch Bombay Punch Bon Soir ("Good Night") Boston Cooler Bottle of Cocktail Brace Up Brandy and Ginger Ale Brandy and Soda Brandy Flip Brandy Float Brandy Julep Brandy Punch ...
— The Ideal Bartender • Tom Bullock
... and which turned out to be gipsies. "Ho there!" cried Lucifer, "how was it that ye who knew the fortune of others so well, did not know that your own fortune was leading you hither?" No answer was given, for they were amazed at seeing here beings uglier than themselves. "Throw the tan- faced loons to the witches," bade the King, "there are no cats or rush- lights here for them, but divide a frog between them every ten thousand years, if they will be quiet and not deafen us ...
— The Visions of the Sleeping Bard • Ellis Wynne
... fire. In this house there was no coal-rationing. The finest coal was arranged to obtain a gigantic glow such as a coal-owner may well enjoy, a great, intense mass of pure red fire. At this fire Alfred Bricknell toasted his tan, lambs-wool-lined slippers. ...
— Aaron's Rod • D. H. Lawrence
... He was looking for outward evidences of negro blood. So far as my complexion went a suspicion of African taint might very well have been entertained. I had been assisting my father in harvesting his wheat crop, and my face and hands had a heavy coating of tan, but my hair was straight and stiff. I could see that the old gentleman was puzzled. Not a word, so far, had been ...
— The Abolitionists - Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights • John F. Hume


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