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Meanings of tanning in English

Russian
дубильщик
Portuguese
curtume
Spanish
tenería
Catalan
adoberies
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Process of treating animal skin to produce leather.

        Related terms
        дубильщик
        Portuguese
        flagelação
        Spanish
        flagelación

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

              flagelação
              Usage of tanning in English
              1
              November 2014: Launches a new tanning and skincare range called The Base.
              News.com.au
              2
              He is concerned about the intensive use of sunbeds by tanning addicts.
              BBC
              3
              He worked on his tanning and his canoe-making late in the afternoon.
              The Blazed Trail
              4
              The tanning he had done himself, slowly and laboriously, in frontier fashion.
              Burning Daylight
              5
              Food and clothing were to be had for the killing and tanning.
              Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a Prairie People
              6
              Wind and sun were tanning his skin to the hue of health.
              Kenny
              7
              Even nappies, tanning lotion, nail clippers and condoms are imported from Germany.
              Reuters
              8
              A glorious ruddy tint shone through the tanning of her fair cheeks.
              The Forfeit
              9
              So, I get by with a little help from my self-tanning friends.
              The South African
              10
              They do also offer tanning spritzers, if you don't like mousse applications.
              The South African
              11
              I would have them of even length before you begin your tanning.
              Robin Hood
              12
              These figures show the enormous differences resulting from diverse methods of tanning.
              Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881
              13
              Had a setup for tanning-that'show they remove and treat the skins.
              Swamp Bones
              14
              The more you use tanning, your risk goes up, Wang said.
              Reuters
              15
              Recent studies confirmed a link between tanning bed use and melanoma.
              Pubmed
              16
              Cocoa Brown Night and Day Tan This is my new sunless tanning product.
              The Irish Times
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              Tanning through the time
              Tanning across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Less common