Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to tan
Participle: tanned
Gerund: tanning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | tan |
| you | tan |
| he;she;it | tans |
| we | tan |
| you | tan |
| they | tan |
Perfect
| I | have tanned |
| you | have tanned |
| he;she;it | has tanned |
| we | have tanned |
| you | have tanned |
| they | have tanned |
Past
| I | tanned |
| you | tanned |
| he;she;it | tanned |
| we | tanned |
| you | tanned |
| they | tanned |
Pluperfect
| I | had tanned |
| you | had tanned |
| he;she;it | had tanned |
| we | had tanned |
| you | had tanned |
| they | had tanned |
Future
| I | will tan |
| you | will tan |
| he;she;it | will tan |
| we | will tan |
| you | will tan |
| they | will tan |
Future Perfect
| I | will have tanned |
| you | will have tanned |
| he;she;it | will have tanned |
| we | will have tanned |
| you | will have tanned |
| they | will have tanned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | tan |
| you | tan |
| he;she;it | tan |
| we | tan |
| you | tan |
| they | tan |
Perfect
| I | have tanned |
| you | have tanned |
| he;she;it | have tanned |
| we | have tanned |
| you | have tanned |
| they | have tanned |
Imperfect
| I | tanned |
| you | tanned |
| he;she;it | tanned |
| we | tanned |
| you | tanned |
| they | tanned |
Pluperfect
| I | had tanned |
| you | had tanned |
| he;she;it | had tanned |
| we | had tanned |
| you | had tanned |
| they | had tanned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would tan |
| you | would tan |
| he;she;it | would tan |
| we | would tan |
| you | would tan |
| they | would tan |
Perfect
| I | would have tanned |
| you | would have tanned |
| he;she;it | would have tanned |
| we | would have tanned |
| you | would have tanned |
| they | would have tanned |
Imperative
| you | tan |
| we | Let's tan |
| you | tan |
Verbs conjugated like 'tan'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'tan'
ban,
can,
ean,
fan,
han,
kan,
man,
pan,
stan,
tab,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. late O.E.
tannian "to convert hide into leather" (by steeping it in tannin), from M.L.
tannare "tan, dye, a tawny color" (c.900), from
tannum "crushed oak bark," used in tanning leather, probably from a Celtic source (e.g. Breton
tann "oak tree"). The meaning "make brown by exposure to the sun" first recorded 1530. To
tan (someone's) hide in the figurative sense is from 1670. The adj.
tan "of the color of tanned leather" is recorded from 1665; the noun sense of "bronze color imparted to skin by exposure to sun" is from 1749; as a simple name for a brownish color, in any context, it is recorded from 1888.
2. As a verb, from Middle English tannen, from late Old English tannian (“to tan a hide”), from Latin tannare. See: Old English '
tannian'.
Verbs referencing "tan"
Esperanto
tani, Icelandic
tana, Maltese
għattan.
Sample Sentences
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No matter how long I stay out in the sun, I never tan, though I do burn.
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"Well, go 'long and play; but mind you get back some time in a week, or I'll tan you." [1876, Mark Twain, chapter 3, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer:]