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tanning definition

tan·ning (tan′iŋ)

noun

  1. the art or process of making leather from hides
  2. the act of making fair skin brown, as by exposure to the sun
  3. Informal a severe whipping; flogging

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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