tanning

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of tan

noun

  1. The process of making leather, which does not easily decompose, from the skins of animals, which do.
  2. The acquisition of a tan, either by exposure to the sun, or artificially.
  3. (informal) A spanking.

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