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Definitions for Bathing

[1] a washing or immersion of something, especially the body, in water, steam, etc., as for cleansing or medical treatment: I take a bath every day. Give the dog a bath.
[2] a quantity of water or other liquid used for this purpose: running a bath.
[3] a container for water or other cleansing liquid, as a bathtub.
[4] a room equipped for bathing; bathroom: The house has two baths.
[5] a building containing rooms or apartments with equipment for bathing; bathhouse.
[6] Often baths . one of the elaborate bathing establishments of the ancients: the baths of Caracalla.
[7] Usually baths . a town or resort visited for medical treatment by bathing or the like; spa.
[8] a preparation, as an acid solution, in which something is immersed.
[9] the container for such a preparation.
[10] a device for controlling the temperature of something by the use of a surrounding medium, as sand, water, oil, etc.
[11] Metallurgy . the depressed hearth of a steelmaking furnace. the molten metal being made into steel in a steelmaking furnace.
[12] the state of being covered by a liquid, as perspiration: in a bath of sweat.
[13] to wash or soak in a bath.
[14] take a bath , Informal . to suffer a large financial loss: Many investors are taking a bath on their bond investments.
[15] to immerse (all or part of the body) in water or some other liquid, for cleansing, refreshment, etc.
[16] to wet; wash.
[17] to moisten or suffuse with any liquid.
[18] to apply water or other liquid to, with a sponge, cloth, etc.: to bathe a wound.
[19] to wash over or against, as by the action of the sea, a river, etc.: incoming tides bathing the coral reef.
[20] to cover or surround: a shaft of sunlight bathing the room; a morning fog bathing the city.
[21] to take a bath or sunbath.
[22] to swim for pleasure.
[23] to be covered or surrounded as if with water.
[24] British . the act of bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river. a swimming bath.
[25] a city in SW England, in Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority, Somerset, on the River Avon: famous for its hot springs; a fashionable spa in the 18th century; Roman remains, notably the baths; university (1966). Pop: 90 144 (2001) Latin name: Aquae Sulis (ˈækwiːˈsuːlɪs )
[26] (intr) to swim or paddle in a body of open water or a river, esp for pleasure
[27] (tr) to apply liquid to (skin, a wound, etc) in order to cleanse or soothe
[28] to immerse or be immersed in a liquid to bathe machine parts in oil
[29] mainly US and Canadian to wash in a bath
[30] (tr; often passive) to suffuse her face was bathed with radiance
[31] (tr) (of water, the sea, etc) to lap; wash waves bathed the shore
[32] British a swim or paddle in a body of open water or a river
[33] a large container, esp one made of enamelled iron or plastic, used for washing or medically treating the body Related adjective: balneal
[34] the act or an instance of washing in such a container
[35] the amount of liquid contained in a bath
[36] run a bath to turn on the taps to fill a bath with water for bathing oneself
[37] (usually plural) a place that provides baths or a swimming pool for public use
[38] a vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature, to process it photographically, electrolytically, etc, or to lubricate it the liquid used in such a vessel
[39] British to wash in a bath
[40] an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about 8.3 Imperial gallons or 10 US gallons

Words related to Bathing

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Origin of Bathing

ebefore 1000; Middle English bath(i)en, Old English bathian, equivalent to bæth bath1 + -ian infinitive suffix

Words that may be confused with Bathing

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, bathebath, bathe

Other words from Bathing

bath·less , adjective
re·bathe , verb, re·bathed, re·bath·ing.

Word origin for Bathing

Hebrew

Synonyms for Bathing

clean, dip, douse, immerse, rinse, scour, scrub, soak, steep, submerge, wet, bath, cleanse, dunk, flood, hose, imbue, moisten, shower, soap, sponge, suffuse, tub, water, imbathe