tans
Meaning of tans
- a yellowish-brown colour.
the overall colour scheme of tan and cream
- a brown or darkened shade of skin developed after exposure to the sun.
Jenna managed to get an even golden tan
- bark of oak or other trees, bruised and used as a source of tannin for converting hides into leather.
- (of a person or their skin) become brown or darkened after exposure to the sun.
you'll tan very quickly in the pure air
- convert (animal skin) into leather by soaking in a liquid containing tannic acid, or by the use of other chemicals.
- beat (someone) repeatedly as a punishment.
‘If Mickey touches a fishing net, I'll tan his hide !’
late Old English tannian ‘convert into leather’, probably from medieval Latin tannare, perhaps of Celtic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old French tanner . Early use of the noun (late Middle English) was in tan1 (sense 3 of the noun).
Information about tans
- The singular form of tans is: tan.
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Hyphenation of tans
tans
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- tans is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
tans synonyms
Meaning an orange-brown or yellowish-brown colour:
Meaning make or become brown, typically by cooking:
Meaning make (a person or part of the body) suntanned:
Meaning beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip:
Meaning strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip:
Meaning strike or hit very hard:
Meaning fasten with a belt:
Meaning fasten or secure in a specified place or position with a strap:
Meaning slap with one's open hand or a flat object, especially on the buttocks as a punishment:
Meaning beat (a person or animal) with a whip or similar instrument, especially as a punishment or to urge them on:
Meaning strike or beat with a whip or stick:
Meaning beat or thrash (someone):
Meaning beat with a cane as a punishment:
Meaning beat (someone) with a whip or stick as a punishment:
Meaning beat or flog (someone):
Meaning flog (someone), either as a religious discipline or for sexual gratification:
Meaning beat (a person or animal) with a horsewhip:
Meaning beat (someone) with a bundle of birch twigs as a formal punishment:
Meaning change the position, direction, or focus of:
Meaning strip the skin off (a corpse or carcass):
Meaning hit hard; strike:
Meaning thrash or whip (a person or animal):
Anagrams of tans
ants, Nast, nast, nats, sant, Stan, Tsan
Words that rhyme with tans
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