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Tanning

//ˈtænɪŋ// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    The process of making leather, which does not easily decompose, from the easily decomposing skins of animals. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    making leather from rawhide wordnet
  3. 3
    The acquisition of a tan, either by exposure to the sun, or artificially. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment wordnet
  5. 5
    A spanking. countable, informal, uncountable
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  1. 6
    process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of tan form-of, gerund, participle, present

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