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tan someone's hide

tan
T t

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tan]
    • /tæn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tan]
    • /tæn/

Definitions of tan someone's hide words

  • verb with object tan someone's hide to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically. 1
  • verb with object tan someone's hide to make brown by exposure to ultraviolet rays, as of the sun. 1
  • verb with object tan someone's hide Informal. to thrash; spank. 1
  • verb without object tan someone's hide to become tanned. 1
  • noun tan someone's hide the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air. 1
  • noun tan someone's hide yellowish brown; light brown. 1
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Origin of tan someone's hide

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; 1920-25 for def 2; Middle English tannen to make hide into leather, late Old English *tannian (in past participle getanned; cf. tanner1) < Medieval Latin tannāre, derivative of tannum oak bark, tanbark < Germanic; compare Old High German tanna oak, fir, akin to Dutch den fir

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Parts of speech for Tan someone's hide

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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tan someone's hide popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for tan someone's hide

verb tan someone's hide

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