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Tanning

/ˈtænɪŋ/

To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.

📖 Definitions of "Tanning"

verb
  1. 1

    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."

  2. 2

    To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.

  3. 3

    To spank or beat.

noun
  1. 1

    The process of making leather, which does not easily decompose, from the skins of animals, which do.

  2. 2

    The acquisition of a tan, either by exposure to the sun, or artificially.

  3. 3

    A spanking.

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