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tans
 
Noun tan has 3 senses
  1. tan, suntan, sunburn, burn - a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
    --1 is a kind of hyperpigmentation
    Derived form: verb tan2
  2. tan, topaz - a light brown
    --2 is a kind of light brown
  3. tangent, tan - ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
    --3 is a kind of trigonometric function, circular function
Verb tan has 2 senses
  1. tan - treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
    --1 is one way to     convert, change over
    Derived forms: noun tanner2, noun tanning3, noun tannery1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. tan, bronze - get a tan, from wind or sun
    --2 is one way to discolor, discolour, colour, color
    Derived forms: noun tan1, noun tanning1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
tanning tanning bed tannish tannoy tanny tanoan tanoan language tanous tans tanse tansen tansfat tansparency tansy-leaved rocket tansy tansy leaf aster tansy mustard

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