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bath

1  [bath, bahth] noun, plural baths  [bathz, bahthz, baths, bahths] , verb
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–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.
a. the depressed hearth of a steelmaking furnace.
b. 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.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
13. to wash or soak in a bath.
—Idiom
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-

Related forms:
bathless, adjective
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bath

2  [bath]
–noun
a Hebrew unit of liquid measure, equal to a quantity varying between 10 and 11 U.S. gallons (38 and 42 liters).
Origin:
< Heb

Bath

  [bath, bahth]
–noun
1. a city in Avon, in SW England: mineral springs. 84,300.
2. a seaport in SW Maine. 10,246.

Baʿth

  [bah-ahth]
–noun
Baath.

Ba⋅ath

  [bah-ahth]
–noun
a socialist party of some Arab countries, esp. Iraq and Syria.
Also, Baʿath, Baʿth.

Origin:
< Ar baʿath lit., renaissance

Related forms:
Ba⋅ath⋅ism, noun
Ba⋅ath⋅ist, noun, adjective
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bath 1   (bāth, bäth)   
n.   pl. baths (bāthz, bäthz, bāths, bäths)
    1. The act of soaking or cleansing the body, as in water or steam.
    2. The water used for cleansing the body.
    3. A bathtub.
    4. A bathroom.
    5. A liquid in which something is dipped or soaked for processing: immersed the metal in an acid bath.
    6. A container holding such a liquid: emptied the bath of dye.
    7. A medium, such as oil or sand, that controls the temperature of objects placed in it.
    8. A container holding such a medium.
    1. A bathtub.
    2. A bathroom.
    3. A liquid in which something is dipped or soaked for processing: immersed the metal in an acid bath.
    4. A container holding such a liquid: emptied the bath of dye.
    5. A medium, such as oil or sand, that controls the temperature of objects placed in it.
    6. A container holding such a medium.
  3. A building equipped for bathing.
  4. A resort providing therapeutic baths; a spa. Often used in the plural.
    1. A liquid in which something is dipped or soaked for processing: immersed the metal in an acid bath.
    2. A container holding such a liquid: emptied the bath of dye.
    3. A medium, such as oil or sand, that controls the temperature of objects placed in it.
    4. A container holding such a medium.
    1. A medium, such as oil or sand, that controls the temperature of objects placed in it.
    2. A container holding such a medium.

[Middle English, from Old English bæth.]
bath 2   (bāth)   
n.  An ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure, equal to about 38 liters (10 U.S. gallons).

[Hebrew bat.]
Bath   (bāth, bäth)   
A city of southwest England southeast of Bristol. Famous for its Georgian architecture and its hot mineral springs, tapped by the Romans in the first century A.D., it is a popular resort. Population: 90,100.
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Bath

Bath\ (b[.a]th; 61), n.; pl. Baths (b[.a]thz). [AS. b[ae][eth]; akin to OS. & Icel. ba[eth], Sw., Dan., D., & G. bad, and perh. to G. b["a]hen to foment.]

1. The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath.

2. Water or other liquid for bathing.

3. A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water.

4. A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing.

Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence. --Gwilt.

5. (Chem.) A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body.

6. (Photog.) A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution.

Note: Bath is used adjectively or in combination, in an obvious sense of or for baths or bathing; as, bathroom, bath tub, bath keeper.

Douche bath. See Douche.

Order of the Bath, a high order of British knighthood, composed of three classes, viz., knights grand cross, knights commanders, and knights companions, abbreviated thus: G. C. B., K. C. B., K. B.

Russian bath, a kind of vapor bath which consists in a prolonged exposure of the body to the influence of the steam of water, followed by washings and shampooings.

Turkish bath, a kind of bath in which a profuse perspiration is produced by hot air, after which the body is washed and shampooed.

Bath house, a house used for the purpose of bathing; -- also a small house, near a bathing place, where a bather undresses and dresses.

Bath

Bath\, n. [Heb.] A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and five quarts, as a dry measure.

Bath

Bath\, n. A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot springs, which has given its name to various objects.

Bath brick, a preparation of calcareous earth, in the form of a brick, used for cleaning knives, polished metal, etc.

Bath chair, a kind of chair on wheels, as used by invalids at Bath. "People walked out, or drove out, or were pushed out in their Bath chairs." --Dickens.

Bath metal, an alloy consisting of four and a half ounces of zinc and one pound of copper.

Bath note, a folded writing paper, 8 1/2 by 14 inches.

Bath stone, a species of limestone (o["o]lite) found near Bath, used for building.
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Language Translation for : bath
Spanish: bañera,
German: die Badewanne,
Japanese: 風呂
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bath 
O.E. bæð "immersing in water, mud, etc.," also "quantity of water, etc., for bathing," from P.Gmc. *batham (cf. O.N. bað, M.Du. bat, Ger. bad), from PIE base *bhe- "to warm" (cf. L. fovere "to foment"). Original sense was of heating, not immersing in water. The city in Somerset, England (O.E. Baðun) was so called from its hot springs. Bathtub gin first recorded 1930. Bathroom is first recorded 1780, originally a room with apparatus for bathing, now often euphemistic for lavatory.
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Main Entry: 1bath
Pronunciation: 'bath, 'both
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural baths /'bathz, 'baths, 'bothz,'boths/
1 : a washing or soaking (as in water) of all or part of the body —see MUD BATH, SITZ BATH
2 a : water used for bathing b (1) : a medium for regulating the temperature ofsomething placed in or on it (2) : a vessel containing this medium
3 : a place resorted to especially for medical treatment by bathing : SPA —usually used in plural baths>

Main Entry: 2bath
Function: transitive verb
British : to give a bath to bath intransitive senses
British : to takea bath
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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bath (bāth)
n. pl. baths (bā&phonth;z, bāths)

  1. The act of soaking or cleansing the body or any of its parts, as in water.
  2. The apparatus used in giving a bath.
  3. The fluid used to maintain the metabolic activities of an organism.

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Bath

a Hebrew liquid measure, the tenth part of an homer (1 Kings 7:26, 38; Ezek. 45:10, 14). It contained 8 gallons 3 quarts of our measure. "Ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath" (Isa. 5:10) denotes great unproductiveness.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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bath

see take a bath; throw out the baby with the bath water.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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bath

process of soaking the body in water or some other aqueous matter such as mud, steam, or milk. The bath may have cleanliness or curative purposes, and it can have religious, mystical, or some other meaning (see ritual bath).

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