# bronzed

Pronunciation: US say "BRAHNZD" /bɹɑnzd/; UK say "BRONZD" /bɹɒnzd/

## Adjective

1. Of skin, tanned to a darker shade by exposure to the sun.
   - Simple: Used about skin that the sun has made darker.
   - _The bronzed farmhands came in from the fields for a late lunch._
   - _She came back from the hiking trip more bronzed than anyone in the office._
3. Having a coating of bronze over its surface.
   - Simple: Covered with a layer of bronze, a metal made with copper.
   - _The bronzed steel railings had begun to rust where the coating was chipped._
   - _He hung his diploma in a bronzed frame above the desk._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of bronze. — simple past and past participle of bronze
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of bronze. Use it for something that already happened.
   - _Her parents bronzed her first pair of baby shoes and kept them on the mantel._
   - _By the end of July the lifeguards had bronzed to a deep brown._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bronzed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).