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Definitions for Tanning

[1] the process or art of converting hides or skins into leather.
[2] a browning or darkening of the skin, as by exposure to the sun.
[3] Informal . a thrashing; whipping.
[4] to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
[5] to make brown by exposure to ultraviolet rays, as of the sun.
[6] Informal . to thrash; spank.
[7] to become tanned.
[8] the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
[9] yellowish brown; light brown.
[10] tanbark.
[11] of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.
[12] used in or relating to tanning processes, materials, etc.
[13] the brown colour produced by the skin after intensive exposure to ultraviolet rays, esp those of the sun
[14] a light or moderate yellowish-brown colour
[15] short for tanbark
[16] to go brown or cause to go brown after exposure to ultraviolet rays she tans easily
[17] to convert (a skin or hide) into leather by treating it with a tanning agent, such as vegetable tannins, chromium salts, fish oils, or formaldehyde
[18] (tr) slang to beat or flog
[19] of the colour tan tan gloves
[20] used in or relating to tanning
[21] tangent (sense 2)

Words related to Tanning

lash, thrash, cane, hide, spank, beat, punish, flay, baste, paddle, strap, leather, switch, lambaste, wax, strike, hit, whale, whack, belt

Words nearby Tanning

tannic, tannic acid, tannie, tanniferous, tannin, tanning, tanning bed, tannish, tannoy, tannu tuva people's republic, tanoan

Origin of Tanning

1before 1000; 1920–25 for def 2 ; Middle English tannen to make hide into leather, late Old English *tannian (in past participle getanned; cf. tanner1) < Medieval Latin tannāre, derivative of tannum oak bark, tanbark < Germanic; compare Old High German tanna oak, fir, akin to Dutch den fir

Other words from Tanning

non·tan·ning , adjective
tan·na·ble , adjective
un·tanned , adjective
well-tanned , adjective

Word origin for Tanning

Old English tannian (unattested as infinitive, attested as getanned, past participle), from Medieval Latin tannāre, from tannum tanbark, perhaps of Celtic origin; compare Irish tana thin

Synonyms for Tanning

baste, beat, belt, cane, flay, hide, hit, lambaste, lash, leather, paddle, punish, spank, strap, strike, switch, thrash, wax, whack, whale, whomp, dust someone's britches, paddlewhack, tan one's hide, warm someone's seat