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[bath, bahth] 
noun, plural baths [bath
z, bahthz, baths, bahths] , verb –noun
| 1. | a washing or immersion of something, esp. 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.
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| 12. | the state of being covered by a liquid, as perspiration: in a bath of sweat. |
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
—Idiom| 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. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE bæth; c. OFris beth, OS, ON bath, G Bad; < Gmc *bátha-n what is warmed, akin to OHG bājan (G bähen), Sw basa to warm; pre-Gmc *bheH- to warm, ptp. *bhH-to-
bef. 900; ME; OE bæth; c. OFris beth, OS, ON bath, G Bad; < Gmc *bátha-n what is warmed, akin to OHG bājan (G bähen), Sw basa to warm; pre-Gmc *bheH- to warm, ptp. *bhH-to-
Related forms:
bathless, adjective
bathe
[beyth] verb, bathed, bath⋅ing, noun –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to immerse (all or part of the body) in water or some other liquid, for cleansing, refreshment, etc. |
| 2. | to wet; wash. |
| 3. | to moisten or suffuse with any liquid. |
| 4. | to apply water or other liquid to, with a sponge, cloth, etc.: to bathe a wound. |
| 5. | to wash over or against, as by the action of the sea, a river, etc.: incoming tides bathing the coral reef. |
| 6. | to cover or surround: a shaft of sunlight bathing the room; a morning fog bathing the city. |
–verb (used without object)
| 7. | to take a bath or sunbath. |
| 8. | to swim for pleasure. |
| 9. | to be covered or surrounded as if with water. |
–noun
| 10. | British. the act of bathing, esp. in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath. |
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| bathe (bāth) v. bathed, bath·ing, bathes v. intr.
[Middle English bathen, from Old English bathian.] bath'er n. |
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Bathing
Bath"ing\, n. Act of taking a bath or baths. Bathing machine, a small room on wheels, to be driven into the water, for the convenience of bathers, who undress and dress therein.
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