Synonyms for tan

Grammar : Noun, verb

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Phonetic Transcription : tæn

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Définition of tan

Origin : late Old English tannian "to convert hide into leather" (by steeping it in tannin), from Medieval Latin 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 1520s. To tan (someone's) hide in the figurative sense is from 1660s. Related: Tanned; tanning.

noun light brown
verb flog, whip

Example sentences :

Let the leatherist guard his premises with a good-sized Black—and tan.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 3, April 16, 1870 » by Various

He rose when she entered, and if he was not as pale as she was, it was because his tan dissembled it.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

There was a dull flush showing through the tan of Fletcher's skin.
Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini

Tan also is due to pigment in the skin and is caused by light.
Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

Code had gone a sickly pallor that looked hideous through his tan.
Extract from : « The Harbor of Doubt » by Frank Williams

There would be plenty of time to get their tan on when they got out to sea.
Extract from : « Mayflower (Flor de mayo) » by Vicente Blasco Ibez

His face was pale beneath the tan as he stepped out into the morning sun.
Extract from : « The Forbidden Trail » by Honor Willsie

Her cheeks were ruddy with rich colour under their deep coat of tan.
Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet

Captain Godwin blushed through his coat of tan like a schoolgirl.
Extract from : « Boy Scouts in the Philippines » by G. Harvey Ralphson

Beneath the dark eyes spots of color burned through the tan.
Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine

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