Tan

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Mục lục 1 Verb (used with object) 1.1 to convert (a hide) into leather, esp. by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically. 1.2 to make brown by exposure to ultraviolet rays, as of the sun. 1.3 Informal . to thrash; spank. 2 Verb (used without object) 2.1 to become tanned. 3 Noun 3.1 the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air. 3.2 yellowish brown; light brown. 3.3 tanbark. 4 Adjective 4.1 of the color of tan; yellowish-brown. 4.2 used in or relating to tanning processes, materials, etc. ? 5 Idiom 5.1 tan someone's hide 6 Synonyms 6.1 noun, adjective 6.2 verb

Verb (used with object)

to convert (a hide) into leather, esp. by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.

to make brown by exposure to ultraviolet rays, as of the sun.

Informal . to thrash; spank.

Verb (used without object)

to become tanned.

Noun

the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.

yellowish brown; light brown.

tanbark.

Adjective

of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.

used in or relating to tanning processes, materials, etc. ?

Idiom

tan someone's hide

Informal . to beat someone soundly

She threatened to tan our hides if she found us on her property again.

Synonyms

noun, adjective

beige , biscuit , bronze , brown , brownish , buff , cream , drab , ecru , gold , khaki , leather-colored , natural , olive , olive-brown , saddle , sand , suntan , tawny , umber , yellowish

verb

baste , beat , belt , cane , dust someone’s britches , flay , hide , hit , lambaste , lash , leather , paddle , paddlewhack , punish , spank , strap , strike , switch , tan one’s hide , thrash , warm someone’s seat , wax , whack , whale * , whomp