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Tanning

Tanning Meaning & Definition
Tanning Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tanning?

[n] making leather from rawhide
[n] beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
[n] process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light

Synonyms | Synonyms for Tanning: flagellation | flogging | lashing | whipping

Related Terms | Find terms related to Tanning:

See Also | activity | beating | bodily function | bodily process | body process | creating from raw materials | drubbing | horsewhipping | lacing | self-flagellation | thrashing | trouncing | whacking

Tanning In Webster's Dictionary

\Tan"ning\, n. The art or process of converting skins into leather. See {Tan}, v. t., 1.

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