tanning
noun
[ ˈtanɪŋ ]
• the action or activity of exposing one's skin to the sun in order to achieve a brown or darkened colour.
• "for many people, tanning is a key part of a summer beauty routine"
• the action or process of converting animal skin into leather by soaking it in a liquid containing tannic acid, or by the use of other chemicals.
• "the archaeologists also discovered a pit used for the tanning of animal hides"
tan
verb
• (of a person or their skin) become brown or darkened after exposure to the sun.
• "you'll tan very quickly in the pure air"
Similar:
become suntanned,
take a suntan/tan,
brown,
go/become brown,
bronze,
• convert (animal skin) into leather by soaking in a liquid containing tannic acid, or by the use of other chemicals.
• beat (someone) repeatedly as a punishment.
• "‘If Mickey touches a fishing net, I'll tan his hide !’"
Similar:
thrash,
beat,
wallop,
belt,
strap,
spank,
whip,
lash,
leather,
cane,
flog,
flail,
flagellate,
horsewhip,
birch,
switch,
flay,
give someone a hiding,
lam,
larrup,
Origin:
late Old English tannian ‘convert into leather’, probably from medieval Latin tannare, perhaps of Celtic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old French tanner . Early use of the noun (late Middle English) was in tan1 (sense 3 of the noun).
