tanned
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Having a brownish skin color from exposure to the sun: Describes skin that has darkened due to the effects of sunlight.
- Converted into leather through a chemical process: Refers to animal hides that have been treated with tannins or other agents to produce leather.
Usage and Examples
- Describing sun-darkened skin:
- She returned from her vacation looking healthy and tanned.
- His tanned arms showed he worked outdoors.
- Describing processed leather:
- The bag was made from finely tanned cowhide.
- Traditional methods produce a uniquely soft, tanned leather.
Advanced Usage
- "to be tanned": To have a suntan.
- After two weeks at the beach, he was deeply tanned.
- "well-tanned": Often used to describe leather of good quality or a person with a deep, even suntan.
- The craftsman selected a piece of well-tanned leather for the project.
Variants and Related Words
- Tan (verb): The process of becoming suntanned or of converting hide into leather.
- She likes to tan by the pool.
- They tan the hides using oak bark.
- Tanning (noun): The process or activity.
- Sun tanning can damage the skin.
- The tanning of leather is an ancient craft.
- Suntanned (adjective): A synonym specifically for skin darkened by the sun.
- He was suntanned after his sailing trip.
Synonyms
- For skin: Bronzed, sun-kissed, browned.
- For leather: Cured, processed.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- "To catch a tan": To get a suntan.
- I hope to catch a tan while I'm on holiday.
- "Tan lines": Marks on the skin where an area was covered and remains paler than the tanned area around it.
- She had obvious tan lines from her swimsuit.
Adjective
- converted to leather by a tanning agent
- (of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun
- a young bronzed Apollo