TAN
- to convert into leather by chemical process [v TANNED, TANNING, TANS] / tawny brown [adj TANNER, TANNEST]
- brown from the sun's rays [adj TANNER, TANNEST] / to convert hide into leather by soaking in chemicals [v TANNED, TANNING, TANS]
- to beat someone soundly
- to make or become brown by exposure to sun
- to convert (a hide) into leather
- the light brown color of skin that has been exposed to the sun
- yellowish brown
- tax-anticipation note