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- [tan]
- /tæn/
- /tæn/
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- [tan]
- /tæn/
Definitions of tanned word
- verb with object tanned to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically. 1
- verb with object tanned to make brown by exposure to ultraviolet rays, as of the sun. 1
- verb with object tanned Informal. to thrash; spank. 1
- verb without object tanned to become tanned. 1
- noun tanned the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air. 1
- noun tanned yellowish brown; light brown. 1
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Origin of tanned
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 Tanned
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tanned 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".
tanned usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tanned
adj tanned
- brunet — dark brown
noun tanned
adjective tanned
verb tanned
- bammed — Simple past tense and past participle of bam.
- drubbed — Simple past tense and past participle of drub.
- flagellated — to whip; scourge; flog; lash.
- horsewhipped — Simple past tense and past participle of horsewhip.
- larruped — Simple past tense and past participle of larrup.
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