tanning

SayTAN-ing/ˈtænɪŋ/

Pluraltannings (some meanings)

4 meanings of tanning

1
noununcountable
Making your skin darker by sitting in the sun or using a special light bed.
Like toast slowly turning brown the longer it stays in the toaster.
Too much tanning can hurt your skin over time.
She prefers spray tanning to lying in the sun for hours.
Similarsunbathing
2
noununcountable
Turning animal skins into leather so they last a long time and do not rot.
Like pickling vegetables so they keep for a long time instead of spoiling.
Tanning turns raw cowhide into strong leather for shoes and bags.
The old workshop used tree bark for tanning the hides.
Similarcuring
3
verb
Present participle of tan. Use this -ing form for something happening right now.
She is tanning on the porch this afternoon.
He is tanning a deer hide out in the shed.
Note
4
nouncolloquialcountable
A spanking given to someone as a punishment.
He got a tanning for lying to his mom.
Their grandfather promised them a tanning if they kept fighting.
Similarspanking, thrashing, hiding, beating, whipping

tanning is a form of tan

tan, verb: To go brown in the sun or under a tanning lamp, or to make your skin go brown that way. Full entry

Forms: tantans he/she/ittanning -ing formtanned past tense, past participle
Spelling: tan → tanning: double the n, add -ing

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