TANS

n. suntan, brownish color acquired by the skin through exposure to the sun's rays

v. acquire a brownish color by exposure to the sun's rays (of the skin); make the skin brown by exposure to the sun's rays; beat, thrash (Informal); convert animal skin into leather

TANS may be:TANS Peru, a Peruvian airlineTerritorial Army Nursing Service, a British organisation which amalgamated into Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
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Sun tanning describes a darkening of the skin (especially of fair-skinned individuals) in a natural physiological response stimulated by exposure to ultraviolet radiation from sunshine (or a sunbed). With excess exposure to the sun, a suntanned area can also develop sunburn.
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Noun
1. a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
(synonym) suntan, sunburn, burn
(hypernym) hyperpigmentation
(derivation) bronze
2. a light brown
(synonym) topaz
(hypernym) light brown
3. ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
(synonym) tangent
(hypernym) trigonometric function, circular function
Verb
1. treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
(hypernym) convert, change over
(hyponym) bark
(derivation) tanner
2. get a tan, from wind or sun
(synonym) bronze
(hypernym) discolor, discolour, colour, color
(hyponym) suntan
(derivation) suntan, sunburn, burn
Adjective
1. of a light yellowish-brown color
(similar) chromatic

[Native American] The local gods of the Californian Hupa Indians. The Tans protect the deer in the mountains, and great herds are kept safe from hunters in a huge world within the hills. Every now and then, a few of the animals are let out as a reward to hunters who keep all their tabus and know and sing the special songs. The Tans are feared greatly, prayed to and propitiated, but almost never spoken to.

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