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tan

[tan] / tæn /

ADJECTIVE

light brownish

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beige brownish drab khaki

STRONG

biscuit bronze brown buff cream ecru gold natural olive suntan umber

WEAK

leather-colored olive-brown tawny yellowish

NOUN

light brown

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beige brownish drab khaki

STRONG

biscuit bronze brown buff cream ecru gold olive saddle sand suntan umber

WEAK

olive-brown

VERB

flog, whip

Synonyms

STRONG

baste beat belt cane flay hide hit lambaste lash leather paddle punish spank strap strike switch thrash wax whack whale whomp

WEAK

dust someone's britches paddlewhack tan one's hide warm someone's seat

Vocabulary lists containing tan

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