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tan out

tan out verb: to tan (turn into leather).

Verb

tan out (third-person singular simple present tans out, present participle tanning out, simple past and past participle tanned out)

  1. (dated, transitive) To tan (turn into leather).

Forms of tan out

third-person singular presenttans out
present participletanning out
past participletanned out
pasttanned out

Questions about tan out

What does tan out mean?
Tan out means to tan (turn into leather).
What part of speech is tan out?
Tan out is a verb.
What is the past tense of tan out?
The past tense of tan out is tanned out.

Words near tan out in the dictionary

  1. tan house
  2. tan houses
  3. tan line
  4. tan lines
  5. tan liquor
  6. tan out
  7. tan ride
  8. tan rides
  9. tan shen
  10. tan someone's hide
  11. TAN syndrome

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