Read full poem →"I've got my Indian complexion back"
Said he. He was tanned like a harvester,
Like his short clay pipe, like the leaf and bur
Dictionary Entry
To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
In a Sentence
“No matter how long I stay out in the sun, I never tan. though I do burn.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
face tannedskin tannedleather tanned. tannedhides tannedtanned deeply
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Poetry examples for “tanned”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And after trod the bearers, hat in hand --
LAUGHTER, most hoarse, and Captain PRIDE with tanned
And martial face all grim, and fussy JOY,
Read full poem →And after trod the bearers, hat in hand--
_Laughter_, most hoarse, and Captain _Pride_ with tanned
And martial face all grim, and fussy _Joy_,
Read full poem →And after trod the bearers, hat in hand—
Laughter, most hoarse, and Captain Pride with tanned
And martial face all grim, and fussy Joy
Read full poem →But when my glass shows me myself indeed
Beated and chopp'd with tanned antiquity,
Mine own self-love quite contrary I read;