Crossword-Solution: TAN
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Tan | n. | See Picul. |
| Tan | n. | 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. |
| Tan | n. | A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan. |
| Tan | n. | A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan. |
| Tan | a. | Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown. |
| Tan | n. | 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. |
| Tan | n. | To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin. |
| Tan | v. i. | To get or become tanned. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| TAN | anagram | ANT, ATN, NAT, NTA, TNA |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
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Sentences with TAN (5)
The Ass found that he had fallen into worse hands, and noting his master’s occupation, said, groaning: “It would have been better for me to have been either starved by the one, or to have been overworked by the other of my former masters, than to have been bought by my present owner, who will even after I am dead tan my hide, and make me useful to him.” The Oak and the Reeds A VERY LARGE OAK was uprooted by the wind and thrown across a stream.
She wore a tan bombazine dress, made very plainly, and carried a roomy, worn, mother-of-the-family handbag.
See, I have it here,” and as she spoke she drew Tan Gama’s short-sword from beneath her sleeping silks and furs.
Well, go ’long and play; but mind you get back some time in a week, or I’ll tan you.” She was so overcome by the splendor of his achievement that she took him into the closet and selected a choice apple and delivered it to him, along with an improving lecture upon the added value and flavor a treat took to itself when it came without sin through virtuous effort.
Neither did her face—with the brown ringlets on either side, and the slightly piquant nose, and the wholesome bloom, and the clear shade of tan, and the half dozen freckles, friendly remembrances of the April sun and breeze—precisely give us a right to call her beautiful.
Quotes with TAN (3)
Creo que todos tenemos un poco de esa bella locura que nos mantiene andando cuando todo alrededor es tan insanamente cuerdo.
Muchos años después, frente al pelotón de fusilamiento, el coronel Aureliano Buendía había de recordar aquella tarde remota en que su padre lo llevó a conocer el hielo. Macondo era entonces una aldea de 20 casas de barro y cañabrava construidas a la orilla de un río de aguas diáfanas que se precipitaban por un lecho de piedras pulidas, blancas y enormes como huevos prehistóricos. El mundo era tan reciente, que muchas cosas carecían de nombre, y para mencionarlas había que señalarlas con el dedo".
What happened to your tan?"--Fang" It was dirt." --Max
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Custom, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, The Atlantic, Three Across, TIME, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 1,496 times in crossword archives (1942–2025).