tanned

1. 1
   adjective

   Having darker skin from spending time out in the sun.

   After a week at the beach, she looked tanned and healthy.

   His tanned arms showed that he worked outside all summer.

   Similarsuntanned, bronzed, brown, tan

   Oppositepale, pasty

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2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of tan. Use this form for something that already happened.

   The hot sun tanned her arms while she worked in the garden.

   They tanned the deer hide to make soft leather.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Made into leather by treating animal skin with plant acids instead of by scraping.

   Like wood that has been treated so it will not rot when left outside.

   The bag was made from soft tanned leather.

   Tanned hides feel much stronger than raw ones.

   Oppositeraw, untanned

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