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BATHING
washup, bathing
(noun) the act of washing yourself (or another person)
bathing
(noun) immersing the body in water or sunshine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
bathing (not comparable)
That takes a bath.
Designed for use whilst bathing.
Noun
bathing (plural bathings)
The act of taking a bath.
Verb
bathing
present participle of bathe
Etymology 2
Verb
bathing
present participle of bath
Source: Wiktionary
Bath"ing, n.
Definition: 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.
BATH
Bath, n.; pl. Baths. Etym: [AS. bæ; akin to OS. & Icel. ba, Sw., Dan., D., & G. bad, and perh. to G. bähen 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.)
Definition: A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body.
6. (Photog.)
Definition: 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, n. Etym: [Heb.]
Definition: 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, n.
Definition: 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 (oölite) found near Bath, used for building.
BATHE
Bathe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bathed (p. pr. & vb. n. Bathing.] Etym: [OE. ba, AS. ba, fr. bæ bath. See 1st Bath, and cf. Bay to bathe.]
1. To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath. Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus. South.
2. To lave; to wet. "The lake which bathed the foot of the Alban mountain." T. Arnold.
3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid. And let us bathe our hands in Cæsar's blood. Shak.
4. To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's forehead with camphor.
5. To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed. "The rosy shadows bathe me. " Tennyson. "The bright sunshine bathing all the world." Longfellow.
Bathe, v. i.
1. To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths. "They bathe in summer." Waller.
2. To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath. "To bathe in fiery floods." Shak. "Bathe in the dimples of her cheek." Lloyd.
3. To bask in the sun. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Bathe, n.
Definition: The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual bathe. Edin. Rev.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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