bath
//bɑːθ//
Forms
- Plural
- baths
- present (v1)
- bath
- past (v2)
- bathed
- past participle (v3)
- bathed
- present participle
- bathing
- 3rd person singular
- baths
Definitions
1.Clipping of bathroom.(informal)
- The master bath has two sinks.
2.A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
- I always take a bath before going to bed.
- I take a bath every day.
3.A building or area where bathing occurs.
- Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence.
4.The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath.
- I always take a bath before going to bed.
- I take a bath every day.
1.To wash a person or animal in a bath.
- If you find bathing stressfull during the first six weeks, only bath your baby once or twice a week.
- For grooming at home, obviously the choice is yours whether you wish to bath the dog in your own bath or sink, or if you want to buy one specifically for the purpose.
2.To bathe (oneself); to have a bath.(informal)
- Parents would bath after all the children had gone to bed or older children sent into the front room.
- A man's home may be handy to the mine, in which case he would not need to lose the bath, but if he lived any distance away he would bath at the mine.
- In a flight of fancy, Millot even wanted to create public bath houses alongside the Seine, so young children could bath in the river’s healthful waters.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4207
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁-
Proto-Germanic *baþą
Proto-West Germanic *baþ
Old English bæþ
Middle English bath
English bath