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1. (n.) tanning
the process or art of converting hides or skins into leather.
2. tanning
a browning or darkening of the skin, as by exposure to the sun.
3. tanning
a thrashing; whipping.
Etymology: (1475–85)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) tanning
process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light
2. (noun) whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation
beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
3. (noun) tanning
making leather from rawhide
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1. (noun) tanning
the activity of darkening your skin using special lights
teenagers who go to tanning salons
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) tanning
the art or process of converting skins into leather. See Tan, v. t., 1
2. tanning
of Tan
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. tanning
A process of preserving animal hides by chemical treatment (using vegetable tannins, metallic sulfates, and sulfurized phenol compounds, or syntans) to make them immune to bacterial attack, and subsequent treatments with fats and greases to make them pliable. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)
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