tan
verb (used with object)
to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
has tanned
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present perfectof tan (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He has tanned skin and a personality as imposing as his physique.
From The Guardian β Jul. 17, 2014
They toss their hair and smile with teeth you see only in America, white, perfect, and everyone has tanned movie-star legs.
From The New Yorker β Feb. 15, 1999
When it is finished, the boat-maker stretches over it a seal skin which his wife has tanned.
From Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade
Under the tropical sun, which, by the way, has tanned you to a mahogany colour, Hughes, it reminds one of the strawberries of England.
From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Hugh Mulleneux Walmsley
The sun on the Bulgarian battlefields has tanned me past recognition.
From The Eichhofs A Romance by Moritz von Reichenbach
