Antonyms for tan someone hide


Grammar : Verb
Spell : tan
Phonetic Transcription : tæn


Definition of tan someone hide

Origin :
  • late Old English tannian "to convert hide into leather" (by steeping it in tannin), from Medieval Latin tannare "tan, dye, a tawny color" (c.900), from tannum "crushed oak bark," used in tanning leather, probably from a Celtic source (e.g. Breton tann "oak tree"). The meaning "make brown by exposure to the sun" first recorded 1520s. To tan (someone's) hide in the figurative sense is from 1660s. Related: Tanned; tanning.
  • As in flagellate : verb whip, lash

Synonyms for tan someone hide

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