Overview of verb tan

The verb tan has 2 senses

• tan -- (treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather)


• tan, bronze -- (get a tan, from wind or sun)

Overview of adj tanned

The adj tanned has 2 senses

• bronzed, suntanned, tanned -- ((of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun; "a young bronzed Apollo")


• tanned -- (converted to leather by a tanning agent)