tan
tan
verb (tans, tanned, tanned, tanning)
/tæn/
1 ​intransitive, transitive tan (somebody/something) if a person or their skin tans or is tanned, they become brown as a result of spending time in the sun
My skin tans really easily.
She tanned easily, despite her fair hair.
You want your skin to tan evenly.
TOPICS AppearanceC1, HolidaysC1
2 ​transitive tan something to make animal skin into leather by treating it with chemicals
Word Origin
verb late Old English tannian ‘convert into leather’, probably from medieval Latin tannare, perhaps of Celtic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old French tanner.
Idioms
have/tan somebody’s hide
e.g.
He's jealous because he doesn’t tan. His freckles just connect. ソバカス男もモテないわよ/yupeco/『ホーム・アローン2』