<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>tanned</li><li>tan·ning</li><li>to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.</li><li>to make brown by exposure to ultraviolet rays, as of the sun.</li><li>Informal. to thrash; spank.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to become tanned.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.</li><li>yellowish brown; light brown.</li><li>tanbark (def).</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>tan·ner</li><li>tan·nest</li><li>of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.</li><li>used in or relating to tanning processes, materials, etc.</li></ul>