tans is a form of:
Tan
SEE: Picul- 1.
- (COLLOQUIAL) Tan his hide វាយដំ
noun
- 1.
- (1. Color. A light or moderate yellowish brown to brownish orange. 2. The brown color that sun rays impart to the skin. 3. Tanbark. 4. a. Tannin. b. A solution derived from tannin) the color tan ពណ៌ដាំដែង, have a good tan សម្បុរដាំដែងដោយត្រូវកម្ដៅថ្ងៃ, leather tan សំបកកោងកាង (សំបកឈើសម្រាប់សម្លាប់ស្បែក)
adjective
- 1.
- ដែលមានពណ៌ដាំដែង
verb — past tense: tanned ; past participle: tanned ; present participle: tanning ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to turn hide to leather by soaking it in a liquid that preserves and toughens it, to be made into leather, to make the skin brown by exposing it to the sun, to become brown from exposure to the sun) tan leather សម្លាប់ (ស្បែក), (sun) tans (the skin) ធ្វើអោយឡើងពណ៌ដាំដែង
- 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) វាយដំ
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (To become brown or tawny from exposure to sun) ឡើងពណ៌ដាំដែង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; -- so called both before and after it has been used. Called also tan bark.
- 2.
- A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.
- 3.
- A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan.
adjective
- 1.
- Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.
verb — past tense: tanned ; past participle: tanned ; present participle: tanning ;
- 1.
- To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water.
- 2.
- To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To get or become tanned.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To thrash or beat; to flog; to switch.