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bath

//bɑːθ//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Note for bath

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Forms

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
baths

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)
bath
past (v2)
bathed
past participle (v3)
bathed
present participle
bathing
3rd person singular
baths

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.Clipping of bathroom.(informal)

    • The master bath has two sinks.
  2. 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. 3.A building or area where bathing occurs.

    • Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence.
  4. 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.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 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. 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

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Rare· #4207

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
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Academic
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Literature
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Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁-

Proto-Germanic *baþą

Proto-West Germanic *baþ

Old English bæþ

Middle English bath

English bath

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