(~s, ~ning, ~ned)
1.
If you have a ~, your skin has become darker than usual because you have been in the sun.
She is tall and blonde, with a permanent ~.
= sun~
N-SING: usu a N
2.
If a part of your body ~s or if you ~ it, your skin becomes darker than usual because you spend a lot of time in the sun.
I have very pale skin that never ~s...
Leigh rolled over on her stomach to ~ her back.
VERB: V, V n
~ned
Their skin was ~ned and glowing from their weeks at the sea.
ADJ
3.
Something that is ~ is a light brown colour.
...a ~ leather jacket.
COLOUR
4.
To ~ animal skins means to make them into leather by treating them with ~nin or other chemicals.
...the process of ~ning animal hides.
VERB: V n