tan
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Amazingly I haven't been sunburnt, but my tan is fading fast; barely a week and already I'm losing some pigment.
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- transitive verb To convert (hide) into leather, as by treating with tannin.
- transitive verb To make brown by exposure to the sun.
- transitive verb Informal To thrash; beat.
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- The low cut of her dress provided him with an excellent view of the upper rises of her breasts, and of the only expanse of skin visible-an expanse of a dark tan; he could never truly be sure if the tan was the result of long hours bathing in the sun or of natural hereditary causes. — An East Wind Coming
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Amazingly I haven't been sunburnt, but my tan is fading fast; barely a week and already I'm losing some pigment.
— jaimewolf Diary Entry -
In other news, rachel tan is even prettier than she was when I was purported to have liked her.
— j-gan Diary Entry -
I pretty much got more sunlight on my skin today than I usually do in a year, and despite my sunblock efforts, my farmer tan is much worse.
— Warm, happy, and full of carbohydrates -
TAN OR FAIR: Either one, but tan is rather hot ...
— ... This, that, and everything else in between
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- Middle English tannen, from Old English *tannian, from Medieval Latin tannāre, from tannum, tanbark, probably of Celtic origin.
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