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tanning

[ US /ˈtænɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /tˈænɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  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

How To Use tanning In A Sentence

  • With all the first-rate self-tanning products available, it's easy to fake it if you haven't had the chance to lie out in the sun safely slathered in high-factor sunscreen.
  • Tanning experiments carried out with the chromium, iron, aluminium, and calcium salts of Ordoval G yielded leathers which possessed proportionate characteristics of either kind of tannage to the extent to which either material was present. Synthetic Tannins
  • Positioning oneself for optimum tanning on a Balearic beach requires some thought.
  • As soon as the tanning matter has completely penetrated the pelt, the total time of tannage is noted, and the velocity with which the tanning matter converts the pelt into leather at that particular concentration is thus obtained. Synthetic Tannins
  • Daily self-tanning versus the professionals? Times, Sunday Times
  • * Lead as activator in the fluorescent powder (1% lead by weight or less) of discharge lamps when used as sun tanning lamps containing phosphorus and when used as specialty lamps for diazo printing reprography, lithography, insect traps, photochemical and curling processes., Purchasing - Top Stories
  • Shops and open markets lined the streets, blacksmiths and leather shops had iron workings and hides tanning outside.
  • And not just the fruit, for they used the flowers in botanical medicines as well as in making a red dye, and the bark of the plant was helpful in tanning the finest grades of leather.
  • In the first incident a 34-year-old woman was indecently assaulted and in a separate attack a flasher exposed himself to workers in a local tanning studio, both on Monday night.
  • This means that there is an increased risk of sunburn without the use of SPF cream, and tanning is much harder. The Sun
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