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TANNING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Making leather from rawhide
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("tanning" is a kind of...):
craft; trade (the skilled practice of a practical occupation)
Derivation:
tan (treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
Synonyms:
flagellation; flogging; lashing; tanning; whipping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("tanning" is a kind of...):
beating; drubbing; lacing; licking; thrashing; trouncing; whacking (the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tanning"):
self-flagellation (self-punishment inflicted by whipping)
horsewhipping (the act of whipping with a horsewhip)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("tanning" is a kind of...):
activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)
Derivation:
tan (get a tan, from wind or sun)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb tan
