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Definition of tanning

making leather from rawhide
beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light

Similar Words: whipping, flogging, lashing, flagellation

Hyponyms: self-flagellation, horsewhipping

Derivational Morphology: tan, flagellate, scourge, cane, flog, lambaste, lambast, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce, bronze

Anagrams: tatting

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