Canadian English Meaning of tan
tan
Other Canadian English words related to tan
- Cowhide
- hide
- Lash
- Leather
- Slash
- whip
- bash
- bat
- Birch
- cane
- clip
- cut
- flagellate
- flail
- flick
- flog
- hit
- quirt
- knock
- maul
- pound
- punch
- rawhide
- scourge
- Slap
- smack
- Spank
- Strap
- swipe
- switch
- thrash
- whale
- bash
- Baste
- Batter
- beat
- belt
- blackjack
- bludgeon
- bop
- box
- Buffet
- bung
- bust
- clap
- beat up
- clout
- club
- crack
- cudgel
- cuff
- fib
- flog
- hammer
- knout
- Lace
- lambda
- lather
- mangle
- Paddle
- paste
- Pelt
- pommel
- pummel
- quirt
- rough
- Slate
- Slogan
- slug
- punish
- sock
- SWAT
- thresh
- thump
- thwack
- touch up
- whack
- work on
Nearest Words of tan
- tana => Tana
- tanacetum => Tanacetum
- tanacetum balsamita => Costmary
- tanacetum camphoratum => common tansy
- tanacetum cinerariifolium => Tansy ragwort
- tanacetum coccineum => Tanacetum coccineum
- tanacetum douglasii => Tanacetum douglasii
- tanacetum parthenium => Feverfew
- tanacetum ptarmiciflorum => Tansy
- tanacetum vulgare => Tansy
Definitions and Meaning of tan in English
tan (n)
a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
a light brown the color of topaz
ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
tan (v)
treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
get a tan, from wind or sun
tan (s)
of a light yellowish-brown color
tan (n.)
See Picul.
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.
A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.
A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan.
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.
To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin.
tan (a.)
Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.
tan (v. i.)
To get or become tanned.
tan (v. t.)
To thrash or beat; to flog; to switch.
FAQs About the word tan
tan
a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun, a light brown the color of topaz, ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-a
Cowhide,hide,Lash,Leather,Slash,whip,bash,bat,Birch,cane
No antonyms found.
tamworth => Tamworth, tamus communis => Mulberry, tamus => guest, tamul => Tamil, tam-tam => gong,
