TANNING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tanning mean? 

• TANNING (noun)
  The noun TANNING has 3 senses:

1. process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light

2. beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

3. making leather from rawhide

  Familiarity information: TANNING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TANNING (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

flagellation; flogging; lashing; tanning; whipping

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:

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)

 Context examples 

Menhaden oil is used industrially in paint production and the tanning of leather as was as in livestock feeds.

(Menhaden Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Chromium hexavalent compounds are used in stainless steel production, in chrome plating, in the manufacture of dyes and pigments, in leather tanning, in wood preservation and are used as corrosion inhibitors.

(Chromium Hexavalent Compound, NCI Thesaurus)