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
   - whipping, flogging, lashing, flagellation 
3. Making leather from rawhide

1. Treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather 
2. Get a tan, from wind or sun
   - bronze

Derived forms: tannings

See also: tanner, tannery

Type of: activity, beating, bodily function, bodily process, body process, color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], convert, craft, discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, trade, trouncing, whacking

Encyclopedia: Tan

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