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tan up

tan up verb: to tan thoroughly (skin to change to a darker color from sun exposure).

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To tan thoroughly (skin to change to a darker color from sun exposure).
  2. (transitive) To tan (something) (turn into leather using tannic acid)

Forms of tan up

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

Questions about tan up

What does tan up mean?
Tan up means to tan thoroughly (skin to change to a darker color from sun exposure).
What part of speech is tan up?
Tan up is a verb.
What is the past tense of tan up?
The past tense of tan up is tanned up.

Words near tan up in the dictionary

  1. tan shen
  2. tan someone's hide
  3. TAN syndrome
  4. tan track
  5. tan tracks
  6. tan up
  7. Tan-ag Ibaba
  8. Tan-ag Ilaya
  9. Tan-chiang-k'ou
  10. Tan-chou
  11. Tan-feng

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