tanned

Everyday

1. Tanned skin has become darker after being in the sun. tree →
2. Tanned leather is animal skin that has been made into leather by a special treatment. tree →
3. (UK, informal, old) To tan someone's hide is to beat them — an old rough phrase. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and stories it describes people after a holiday in the sun; in safety and science lessons, a tan is the skin's reaction to sun, and too much sun can burn and harm skin, so use sun cream. In history and crafts, tanners made leather. Phrases: tanned skin, get tanned, sun-tanned.

Examples

• She came back from Spain looking tanned. tree →
• His arms were tanned from working in the garden. tree →
• A tan is a sign your skin has had too much sun, so wear sun cream. tree →
• The belt was made of tanned leather. tree →
• The tanned surfer waved to us. tree →
• You can get tanned even on a cloudy day. tree →
• But there he was, a young man, tanned and dusty with travel, in the uniform of an officer of the king’s guard. tree →

Note

Double n: tan → tanned, tanning. «Suntanned» means the same as tanned skin. Myth: a tan is not «healthy» — it means the sun has damaged the skin a little. Do not mix up with «tan» the light brown colour.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Tradition often reads the Song of Songs as a story of God and Israel, and the tanned maiden as Israel in a hard exile. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and stories it describes people after a holiday in the sun; in safety and science lessons, a tan is the skin's reaction to sun, and too much sun can burn and harm skin, so use sun cream. In history and crafts, tanners made leather. Phrases: tanned skin, get tanned, sun-tanned.

Examples

• Look not upon me, that I am swarthy, that the sun hath tanned me; my mother's sons were incensed against me, they made me keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.' (Writings SNG.1.6, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Double n: tan → tanned, tanning. «Suntanned» means the same as tanned skin. Myth: a tan is not «healthy» — it means the sun has damaged the skin a little. Do not mix up with «tan» the light brown colour.