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# tan

«tan» in Mova's school dictionary: **the brown colour skin gets after being in the sun** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a tan, tans); verb (tan, tans, tanned, tanning); adjective (tan)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A tan is the brown colour skin gets after being in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tan/#m1)

2) (verb) To tan is to go brown in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tan/#m2)

3) (adjective, noun) Tan is a light yellow-brown colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tan/#m3)

4) (verb) To tan leather is to turn animal skin into leather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tan/#m4)

5) In maths, "tan" is short for tangent (for older pupils). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tan/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

Used in health and safety: a tan is a sign that skin has been damaged by the sun; wear sun cream, a hat and stay in the shade. In art and description: tan shoes, a tan dog. In history: tanning leather.

### examples

- He got a tan on holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tan/#x1)
- A tan is a sign that the sun has hurt your skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tan/#x2)
- Wear sun cream so you don't burn or tan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tan/#x3)
- She wore tan boots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tan/#x4)
- Our dog is black and tan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tan/#x5)
- People tanned animal skins to make leather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tan/#x6)
- My arms tanned in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tan/#x7)

### note

Verb doubles the n: tanned, tanning. Myth: "a tan protects you" is mostly false; sun damage still happens.

### In the corpora

- [A tan is not a sign of healthy skin; it is a sign that UV has damaged the skin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/46-sun-safety/19/)
- [A tan is a sign the sun has already harmed the skin, not a shield, so tanned skin still needs sunscreen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/86-sun-cold-and-growing-up/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tan» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tan/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.