TANNING
- the process of converting hides into leather [n TANNINGS] / TAN, to convert hide into leather by soaking in chemicals [v]
- (of a pale-skinned person or their skin) Become brown or browner after exposure to the sun
- (of the sun) Cause (a pale-skinned person or their skin) to become brown or browner
- Convert (animal skin) into leather by soaking in a liquid containing tannic acid, or by the use of other chemicals
- Beat (someone) repeatedly, esp. as a punishment