tan
verb (used with object)
to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
have tanned
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present perfectof tan.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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Even so, public health experts say tanning remains a persistent problem, especially among white teenage girls, a full third of whom say they have tanned indoors, more than the share who smoke cigarettes.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2015
From Fielding to C. P. Snow, British novelists have tanned, stuffed and labeled the leathery hide of reality.
From Time Magazine Archive
War's furnace flames seemed to have tanned him; war seemed to be breathing from his deep chest; his big nose was war's promontory.
From The Last Shot by Frederick Palmer
Rather large-boned, a little coarse in the grain, and freckled by the sun and wind which have tanned her hair upon the forehead, but healthy, wholesome, and bright-eyed.
From Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Tomorrow I shall discard them for leopard-skins which I have tanned and sewn into a garment strong and warm.
From The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs
