tanning
the process or art of converting hides or skins into leather.
a browning or darkening of the skin, as by exposure to the sun.
Informal. a thrashing; whipping.
Origin of tanning
1Other words from tanning
- non·tan·ning, adjective
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How to use tanning in a sentence
It’s made from leather that’s produced with less water and chemicals than traditional tanning.
I must have been impressed by his dedication, because, alas, I also picked up some of his tanning enthusiasm.
Whether you’re fixing to throw a beach party, ready for a day of tanning, or looking to ride the waves, the best beach wagon will keep you supplied with all your seaside needs.
Best beach wagons: Get your gear to the beach in one trip | Florie Korani | July 21, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe ultraviolet rays in sunlight and tanning devices destroy the collagen molecules in your skin, producing what dermatologists call photodamage.
7 things you can do to actually prevent wrinkles | Sandra Gutierrez | July 13, 2021 | Popular-ScienceYet despite the increased risks, use of indoor tanning beds among teenagers remains widespread.
Wake Up, Parents: Letting Your Kid Tan Is Like Letting Them Smoke | Russell Saunders | June 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
In 2011, the American Academy of Pediatrics called for an outright ban on use of tanning beds by minors.
Wake Up, Parents: Letting Your Kid Tan Is Like Letting Them Smoke | Russell Saunders | June 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe ambulantes are the sweat-on-the-brow beach hawkers who carry a variety of goods directly to your tanning spot.
The Girl From Ipanema Is Not Alone: Rio’s Famous Beach Is A Rich, Cultural Kaleidoscope | Brandon Presser | June 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis silence was “uncool and unprofessional,” as Dr. tanning put it.
Dr. tanning assured me that these feelings were not just ANTS (“automatic negative thoughts,” in therapy parlance).
Tannic and gallic acids are obtained from them and the bark of many is useful for tanning.
It is always used untanned, for no tanning is ever done in Tibet and any tanned skins always come up from India.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-BuryThis is the cause of tanning, of the copper colour of the North Americans, and the black of the Negroes.
The Caddo tribes were cultivators of the soil as well as hunters, and practised the arts of pottery-making and tanning.
The Myths of the North American Indians | Lewis SpenceIt was not so bad with Vanater and myself, for we could find plenty of sport with the traps and tanning a few deer skins.
Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper | Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock
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