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Antonyms for tanning

Grammar : Verb
Spell : tan-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæn ɪŋ


Definition of tanning

Origin :
  • late Old English tannian "to convert hide into leather" (by steeping it in tannin), from Medieval Latin tannare "tan, dye, a tawny color" (c.900), from tannum "crushed oak bark," used in tanning leather, probably from a Celtic source (e.g. Breton tann "oak tree"). The meaning "make brown by exposure to the sun" first recorded 1520s. To tan (someone's) hide in the figurative sense is from 1660s. Related: Tanned; tanning.
  • verb flog, whip
Example sentences :
  • What have you to do with the beating of skins and the tanning of leather?'
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • He had killed several deer and was tanning the hides at the time we arrived.
  • Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
  • But there were other reasons why he was ordered to leave the tanning business.
  • Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
  • The bark, too, is excellent for tanning—almost equal to that of the oak.
  • Extract from : « The Young Voyageurs » by Mayne Reid
  • Hides are also tanned by the use of chemicals, in what is called "chrome" tanning.
  • Extract from : « Makers of Many Things » by Eva March Tappan
  • The liquid is put into paddle-wheels just as the tanning mixture is.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Leather » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • The bark of chestnut oak has long been valuable for tanning.
  • Extract from : « American Forest Trees » by Henry H. Gibson
  • The principal use of the bark is for tanning and the trunks for piles.
  • Extract from : « American Forest Trees » by Henry H. Gibson
  • The bark is used in tanning, and no use for the wood is reported, except for fuel.
  • Extract from : « American Forest Trees » by Henry H. Gibson
  • The bark of western hemlock is rated high as a tanning material.
  • Extract from : « American Forest Trees » by Henry H. Gibson

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