tanner — meaning in English

English meaning

• grain noun The edible seeds of cereal crops such as wheat, corn, rice, or barley, or the crops that produce them.
• tan noun A yellowish-brown colour, or the darkened shade skin takes on after time in the sun.

Senses

tanner is used for these senses in English:

• bang away (idiomatic, intransitive) to constantly and irritatingly talk (about)
• grain (tanning) To soften leather.
• tan (transitive, stative) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.

grain — full definition

1. noun The edible seeds of cereal crops such as wheat, corn, rice, or barley, or the crops that produce them.
2. noun A single small hard particle, such as a grain of sand or salt.
3. noun The natural pattern of lines or texture in wood, stone, or other materials.
4. noun A very small unit of weight, historically based on the weight of a grain of wheat.

tan — full definition

1. noun A yellowish-brown colour, or the darkened shade skin takes on after time in the sun.
2. adj Yellowish-brown in colour, or having skin darkened by the sun.
3. verb To develop a darker skin tone from sun exposure, or to turn animal hide into leather using tannic acid.

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