2syllables
tanning
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Definitions oftanning
1verb
- To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
Example: "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.
1noun
- 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.
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