"tanned" in the verb sense
1. tan
treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
2. tan, bronze
get a tan, from wind or sun
"tanned" in the adjective sense
1. bronzed, suntanned, tanned
of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun
"a young bronzed Apollo"
2. tanned
converted to leather by a tanning agent
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