Another word for tan
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Modifier
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- Worn, stained, or warped by or as if by exposure to weather; seasoned:
- Sloped to shed water:
- Not bleached or whitened:
- simple past tense and past participle of bronze
Noun
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- A light brown to brownish orange.
- Small loose grains of worn or disintegrated rock.
- A sedimentary material, finer than a granule and coarser than silt, with grains between 0.06 and 2.0 millimeters in diameter.
- A tract of land covered with sand, as a beach or desert.
- A natural brown earth containing ferric oxide and manganese oxides, used as pigment.
- Any of the shades of brown produced by umber in its various states.
- Of or related to umber.
- To importune (a debtor) for payment:
- One that duns.
- An importunate demand for payment.
- Of a dull grayish to yellowish brown.
- Of a light olive brown or khaki color.
- Faded and dull in appearance.
- A light olive brown to moderate or light yellowish brown.
- A sturdy cloth of this color.
- A uniform made of this cloth.
- A pale yellow variety of crystalline quartz resembling topaz.
- A light to moderate olive.
- Of, relating to, made of, or containing gold.
- Having the color of gold or a yellow color suggestive of gold.
- Lustrous; radiant:
- Any of various alloys of copper and tin in various proportions, sometimes with traces of other metals.
- Any of various alloys of copper, with or without tin, and antimony, phosphorus, or other components.
- A work of art made of one of these alloys.
- A soft, thick, undyed leather made chiefly from the skins of buffalo, elk, or oxen.
- A military uniform coat made of such leather.
- A pale, light, or moderate yellowish pink to yellow, including moderate orange-yellow to light yellowish brown.
- The bark of various trees used as a source of tannin.
- Shredded bark from which the tannin has been extracted, used to cover circus arenas, racetracks, and other surfaces.
- Present in or produced by nature:
- Of, relating to, or concerning nature:
- Conforming to the usual or ordinary course of nature:
- A grayish to pale yellow or light grayish-yellowish brown.
- The yellowish fatty component of unhomogenized milk that tends to accumulate at the surface.
- Any of various substances resembling or containing cream:
- A pale yellow to yellowish white.
- A light grayish brown or yellowish brown to grayish yellow.
- A soft fabric of undyed, unbleached wool.
- Light grayish-brown or yellowish-brown to grayish-yellow.
Verb
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- To undergo combustion or be consumed as fuel:
- To be damaged, injured, or destroyed by fire, heat, radiation, electricity, or a caustic agent:
- To consume fuel:
- Inflammation or blistering of the skin caused by overexposure to direct sunlight.
- To affect or be affected with sunburn.
- Any of various alloys of copper and tin in various proportions, sometimes with traces of other metals.
- Any of various alloys of copper, with or without tin, and antimony, phosphorus, or other components.
- A work of art made of one of these alloys.
- A darkened coloring of the skin resulting from exposure to the sun.
- Any of a group of colors between red and yellow in hue that are medium to low in lightness and low to moderate in saturation.
- Of the color brown.
- Having a brownish or dark skin color.
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