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Definitions for Tans

[1] to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
[2] to make brown by exposure to ultraviolet rays, as of the sun.
[3] Informal . to thrash; spank.
[4] to become tanned.
[5] the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
[6] yellowish brown; light brown.
[7] tanbark.
[8] of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.
[9] used in or relating to tanning processes, materials, etc.
[10] tan someone's hide , Informal . to beat someone soundly: She threatened to tan our hides if she found us on her property again.
[11] tangent(def 5b) .
[12] tax-anticipation note.
[13] the Tans Irish informal short for the Black and Tans
[14] the brown colour produced by the skin after intensive exposure to ultraviolet rays, esp those of the sun
[15] a light or moderate yellowish-brown colour
[16] short for tanbark
[17] to go brown or cause to go brown after exposure to ultraviolet rays she tans easily
[18] to convert (a skin or hide) into leather by treating it with a tanning agent, such as vegetable tannins, chromium salts, fish oils, or formaldehyde
[19] (tr) slang to beat or flog
[20] of the colour tan tan gloves
[21] used in or relating to tanning
[22] tangent (sense 2)

Words related to Tans

tanbeige, drab, khaki, brownish, brown, natural, gold, saddle, ecru, cream, bronze, buff, biscuit, sand, suntan, olive, umber, lash, thrash, cane

Words nearby Tans

tantampion, tampon, tamponade, tampur, tamworth, tan, tan oak, tan rot, tan someone's hide, tan-tung, tana

Origin of Tans

2by shortening

Other words from Tans

tan·na·ble , adjective
un·tanned , adjective
well-tanned , adjective

Word origin for Tans

Old English tannian (unattested as infinitive, attested as getanned, past participle), from Medieval Latin tannāre, from tannum tanbark, perhaps of Celtic origin; compare Irish tana thin

Synonyms for Tans

beige, brownish, drab, khaki, biscuit, bronze, brown, buff, cream, ecru, gold, natural, olive, saddle, sand, suntan, umber, leather-colored, olive-brown, tawny, yellowish