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( tans, tanning, tanned)
1.
If you have a tan , your skin has become darker than usual because you have been in the sun.
She is tall and blonde, with a permanent tan.
= suntan
N-SING : usu a N
2.
If a part of your body tans or if you tan it, your skin becomes darker than usual because you spend a lot of time in the sun.
I have very pale skin that never tans...
Leigh rolled over on her stomach to tan her back.
VERB : V , V n
• tanned
Their skin was tanned and glowing from their weeks at the sea.
ADJ
3.
Something that is tan is a light brown colour.
...a tan leather jacket.
COLOUR
4.
To tan animal skins means to make them into leather by treating them with tannin or other chemicals.
...the process of tanning animal hides.
VERB : V n