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tan

verb

/tæn/

Meaning

to make skin or a hide brown by exposure to the sun or by using chemicals

She tanned her skin after spending the summer at the beach.

tan someone's hide

bronze, brown, sunburn, darken

pale, whiten

tan skin, tan leather, tanning bed, tanning lotion

to get possession of; to carry or bring with oneself

to increase the volume, intensity, or effect of something

to come into existence; to begin; to create or produce

to exclude someone socially or vote against their membership in a group or club

to reduce or limit something, especially something considered undesirable

to hold responsible for a fault; to find fault with