to convert (a hide) into leather, esp. by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.

to make brown by exposure to ultraviolet rays, as of the sun.

Informal . to thrash; spank.

to become tanned.

the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.

yellowish brown; light brown.

tanbark.

of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.

used in or relating to tanning processes, materials, etc. ?

tan someone's hide

Informal . to beat someone soundly

She threatened to tan our hides if she found us on her property again.

noun, adjective

beige , biscuit , bronze , brown , brownish , buff , cream , drab , ecru , gold , khaki , leather-colored , natural , olive , olive-brown , saddle , sand , suntan , tawny , umber , yellowish

verb

baste , beat , belt , cane , dust someone’s britches , flay , hide , hit , lambaste , lash , leather , paddle , paddlewhack , punish , spank , strap , strike , switch , tan one’s hide , thrash , warm someone’s seat , wax , whack , whale * , whomp