tanen — meaning in English

English meaning

• tan noun A yellowish-brown colour, or the darkened shade skin takes on after time in the sun.
• wane verb To gradually become weaker, smaller, or less intense.

Senses

tanen is used for these senses in English:

• tan (transitive, stative) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.
• wane (intransitive) To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.

tan — full definition

1. noun A yellowish-brown colour, or the darkened shade skin takes on after time in the sun.
2. adj Yellowish-brown in colour, or having skin darkened by the sun.
3. verb To develop a darker skin tone from sun exposure, or to turn animal hide into leather using tannic acid.

wane — full definition

1. verb To gradually become weaker, smaller, or less intense.
2. verb Of the moon, to appear to shrink night by night after the full moon.
3. noun The phase of decline, especially as in the expression "on the wane."

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