tanning

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/ˈtænɪŋ/ English

Definitions

verb

To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.“No matter how long I stay out in the sun, I never tan. though I do burn.”
To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.
To spank or beat.

noun

The process of making leather, which does not easily decompose, from the skins of animals, which do.
The acquisition of a tan, either by exposure to the sun, or artificially.
A spanking.

Related words

Synonyms

suntanned bronzed brunette brunet browned tannery leather dyeing suntan sunbathing color sun lotions ooze tan liquor fatliquoring

Associated

sunless quebracho tanned tannin lotion sunscreen sunburn dha melanin

Rhymes

enchanting granting spanning planning scanning preplanning family planning fanning panning city planning

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