tan

«tan» in Mova's school dictionary: the brown colour skin gets after being in the sun — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a tan, tans); verb (tan, tans, tanned, tanning); adjective (tan)

meaning for a pupil

1) A tan is the brown colour skin gets after being in the sun. tree →

2) (verb) To tan is to go brown in the sun. tree →

3) (adjective, noun) Tan is a light yellow-brown colour. tree →

4) (verb) To tan leather is to turn animal skin into leather. tree →

5) In maths, "tan" is short for tangent (for older pupils). tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in health and safety: a tan is a sign that skin has been damaged by the sun; wear sun cream, a hat and stay in the shade. In art and description: tan shoes, a tan dog. In history: tanning leather.

examples

• He got a tan on holiday. tree →
• A tan is a sign that the sun has hurt your skin. tree →
• Wear sun cream so you don't burn or tan. tree →
• She wore tan boots. tree →
• Our dog is black and tan. tree →
• People tanned animal skins to make leather. tree →
• My arms tanned in the garden. tree →

note

Verb doubles the n: tanned, tanning. Myth: "a tan protects you" is mostly false; sun damage still happens.

In the corpora

• A tan is not a sign of healthy skin; it is a sign that UV has damaged the skin.
• A tan is a sign the sun has already harmed the skin, not a shield, so tanned skin still needs sunscreen.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tan» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.