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The meaning of the word "Tan" in English


Tan n. : See Picul.

Tan n. : 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.

Tan n. : A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.

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

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

Tan n. : 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.

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

Tan v. i. : To get or become tanned.

Example:
How do I keep my Tan from going away? And what is the best way to get Tan fast when your outside?

Taxonomy
tangent, tangent line, curve, graph, slope, the origin, passing, derivatives, tangent function, straight line, difference quotient, tangent plane, vertex, touches, slope formula, graph of a function, free encyclopedia, point of tangency.

Defination from the web:
tangent line is "going in the same direction" as the curve, and in this sense it is the best ... Similarly, the tangent plane to a surface at a given point is the plane that "just touches" the surface at that point. ... 

synonyms
  (noun) suntan
  (noun) sunburn
  (noun) burn
  (noun) topaz
  (noun) tangent
  (noun) circular function
  (noun) hyperpigmentation
  (noun) light brown
  (noun) trigonometric function
  (verb) bronze
  (verb) change over
  (verb) color
  (verb) colour
  (verb) convert
  (verb) discolor
  (verb) discolour
similar terms
  (adjective) chromatic


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