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pretan

pretan verb: to tan lightly or partially, in preparation for full tanning.

Verb

pretan (third-person singular simple present pretans, present participle pretanning, simple past and past participle pretanned)

  1. (transitive) To tan lightly or partially, in preparation for full tanning.
    • Aluminium salts may be used for pretanning.

Forms of pretan

third-person singular presentpretans
present participlepretanning
past participlepretanned
pastpretanned

Origin of pretan

From pre- + tan.

Questions about pretan

What does pretan mean?
Pretan means to tan lightly or partially, in preparation for full tanning.
What part of speech is pretan?
Pretan is a verb.
What is the past tense of pretan?
The past tense of pretan is pretanned.

Words near pretan in the dictionary

  1. pretabulate
  2. pretabulated
  3. pretabulation
  4. pretalk
  5. pretalks
  6. pretan
  7. pretangle
  8. pretangles
  9. pretannage
  10. pretanned
  11. pretanning

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