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bath
water used for washing or soaking the body: taking a bath; a liquid in which something is dipped
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Bath
(băth, bäth) A city of southwest England southeast of Bristol. It is famous for its Georgian architecture and its hot mineral springs, tapped by the Romans in the first century ad.
bath 1
(băth, bäth)n. pl. baths (băthz, bäthz, băths, bäths)
1.
a. The act of soaking or cleansing the body, as in water or steam.
b. The water used for cleansing the body: I'm going to run a bath.
2.
a. A bathtub.
b. A bathroom.
3. A building equipped for bathing.
4. often baths A resort providing therapeutic baths; a spa.
5.
a. A liquid in which something is dipped or soaked for processing: immersed the metal in an acid bath.
b. A container holding such a liquid: emptied the bath of dye.
6.
a. A medium, such as oil or sand, that controls the temperature of objects placed in it.
b. A container holding such a medium.
[Middle English, from Old English bæth.]
bath 2
(băth)n.
An ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure, equal to about 38 liters (10 US gallons).
[Hebrew bat.]
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bath
(bɑːθ)n, pl baths (bɑːðz)
1. a large container, esp one made of enamelled iron or plastic, used for washing or medically treating the body.
2. the act or an instance of washing in such a container
3. the amount of liquid contained in a bath
4. run a bath to turn on the taps to fill a bath with water for bathing oneself
5. (usually plural) a place that provides baths or a swimming pool for public use
6. (General Engineering)
a. a vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature, to process it photographically, electrolytically, etc, or to lubricate it
b. the liquid used in such a vessel
vb
Brit to wash in a bath
[Old English bæth; compare Old High German bad, Old Norse bath; related to Swedish basa to clean with warm water, Old High German bāen to warm]
bath
(bæθ)n
(Units) an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about 8.3 Imperial gallons or 10 US gallons
[Hebrew]
Bath
(bɑːθ)n
(Placename) a city in SW England, in Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority, Somerset, on the River Avon: famous for its hot springs; a fashionable spa in the 18th century; Roman remains, notably the baths; university (1966). Pop: 90 144 (2001). Latin name: Aquae Sulis
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bath1
(bæθ, bɑθ)n., pl. baths (batz, bätz, baths, bäths),
n.
1. a washing or immersion of something, esp. the body, in water, steam, etc., as for cleansing or medical treatment.
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. bathroom.
5. bathhouse.
6. Often, baths. one of the elaborate bathing establishments of the ancients.
7. Usu., 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 temperature by the use of a surrounding medium, as sand, water, or oil.
11. the state of being covered by a liquid, as perspiration.
v.t., v.i. 12. Brit. to wash or soak in a bath.
Idioms: take a bath, Informal. to suffer a large financial loss.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English bæth, c. Old Frisian beth, Old Norse bath, Old High German bad]
bath2
(bæθ)n.
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure, equal to between 10 and 11 U.S. gallons (38 and 42 liters).
[< Hebrew]
Bath
(bæθ, bɑθ)n.
a city in Avon, in SW England: mineral springs. 84,300.
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bath
– batheBath and bathe both have the -ing participle bathing and the past tense and -ed participle bathed. However, these are pronounced differently, depending on which of the two verbs they are associated with. Bathing and bathed are pronounced as follows:
- /'bɑːθɪŋ/ and /bɑːθt/ when they relate to bath
- /'beɪðɪŋ/ and /beɪðd/ when they relate to bathe.
1. 'bath'
If you bath someone, you wash them in a long rectangular container
The nurse will show you how to bath the baby.
Don't say that people bath themselves. You say that someone has a bath or takes a bath.
I'm going to have a bath.
She took a long hot bath.
Bath is not a verb in American English. Americans use bathe (see the next section).
2. 'bathe'
American speakers sometimes say that people bathe /beɪð/.
I went back to my apartment to bathe and change.
In both British and American English, if you bathe a cut or wound, you wash it.
He bathed the cuts on her feet.
In formal or old-fashioned British English, when someone bathes, they swim or play in a lake or river or in the sea.
It is dangerous to bathe in the sea here.
3. 'go swimming'
In modern English, you usually say that someone goes swimming or goes for a swim. American speakers sometimes say that someone takes a swim.
Let's go for a swim.
I went down to the ocean and took a swim.
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bath
Past participle: bathed
Gerund: bathing
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| Noun | 1. |  bath - a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it); "she soaked the etching in an acid bath"vessel - an object used as a container (especially for liquids) |
| 2. |  bath - you soak and wash your body in a bathtub; "he has a good bath every morning"bubble bath - a bath in which you add something to foam and scent the bath water mikvah - (Hebrew) a ritual purification and cleansing bath that Orthodox Jews take on certain occasions (as before Sabbath or after menstruation) mud bath - a bath in warm mud (as for treating rheumatism) | |
| 3. |  bath - a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the bodybathroom, bath - a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet footbath - a small bathtub for warming or washing or disinfecting the feet hot tub - a very large tub (large enough for more than one bather) filled with hot water hip bath, sitz bath - a bathtub in which your buttocks and hips are immersed as if you were sitting in a chair and you bathe in a sitting position vessel - an object used as a container (especially for liquids) | |
| 4. | bath - an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons liquid measure, liquid unit - a unit of capacity for liquids (for measuring the volumes of liquids or their containers) | |
| 5. |  Bath - a town in southwestern England on the River Avon; famous for its hot springs and Roman remainsEngland - a division of the United Kingdom | |
| 6. |  bath - a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toiletbathing tub, bathtub, tub, bath - a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home, abode, domicile - housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" shower bath, shower stall - booth for washing yourself, usually in a bathroom commode, crapper, potty, pot, throne, toilet, stool, can - a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination handbasin, lavabo, wash-hand basin, washbasin, washbowl - a basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression) | |
| Verb | 1. |  bath - clean one's body by immersion into water; "The child should bathe every day"foment - bathe with warm water or medicated lotions; "His legs should be fomented" |
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bath
noun
verb
Related words
adjective balneal or balneary
adjective balneal or balneary
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Translations
استِحْمام، حَمّامحمامحَوْضٌ استِحْمامحَوْض الاِسْتِحْمام
koupelvanakoupelnamiskanádoba
badbadebadekar
kylpykylpyammekylpyhuone
kada
fürdetfürdõfürdőkádfürdőszobakád
baîbaî, baîkerbaîa, òvobaîker
浴槽
욕조
maudymasismaudytimaudytistualetasvonia
baseinsiet/mazgāties vannāmazgātpelde/mazgāšanās vannāvanna
kúpeľ
kadkopalnicakopelbanja
badbadkarbadrumkar
อ่างอาบน้ำ
bồn tắm
bath
[bɑːθ]A. N (baths (pl)) [bɑːðz]
2. (= act) → baño m
to have or take a bath → darse un baño, bañarse
to give sb a bath → dar un baño a algn, bañar a algn
to have or take a bath → darse un baño, bañarse
to give sb a bath → dar un baño a algn, bañar a algn
3. (Chem, Phot) → baño m
C. VI (Brit) → bañarse
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
bath
[ˈbɑːθ] n
(= wash) → bain m
a hot bath → un bain chaud
in the bath → dans son bain
to have a bath, to take a bath → prendre un bain
a hot bath → un bain chaud
in the bath → dans son bain
to have a bath, to take a bath → prendre un bain
vt (British) [+ child, invalid] → baigner
vi (British) → prendre un bainbath bomb n → bombe f de bainBath chair n (British) → fauteuil m roulant
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bath
n
→ Bad nt; to have or take a bath → baden, ein Bad nehmen (geh); to give somebody a bath → jdn baden ? blood bath, Turkishetc
(= bathtub) → (Bade)wanne f; to empty the bath → das Badewasser ablassen; I was just in my or the bath → ich war or saß gerade im Bad or in der Wanne (inf); a room with bath → ein Zimmer mit Bad ? eyebath, foot bathetc
baths pl (Hist) → Bäder pl, → Badeanlagen pl; (swimming) baths pl → (Schwimm)bad nt; (public) baths pl → Badeanstalt f, → öffentliches Bad
vt (Brit) → baden
vi (Brit) → (sich) baden
bath
:bath salts
pl → Badesalz nt
bathtowel
n → Badetuch nt
bathtub
n → Badewanne f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
bath
[bɑːθ]1. n (baths (pl)) [bɑːðz]
b. esp pl swimming baths → piscina
2. vi → fare or farsi un bagno
3. vt → fare il bagno a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bath
(baːθ) – plural baths (baːðz) – noun1. a large container for holding water in which to wash the whole body. I'll fill the bath with water for you.
2. an act of washing in a bath. I had a bath last night.
3. a container of liquid etc in which something is immersed. a bird bath.
verb to wash in a bath. I'll bath the baby.
ˌbathˈchair noun a kind of wheeled chair for an invalid.
ˈbathroom noun1. a room in a house etc which contains a bath.
2. (especially American) a lavatory.
ˈbathtub noun a bath (for washing in).
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
bath
→ حَوْض الاِسْتِحْمام koupel bad Bad μπάνιο bañera, baño kylpy bain kada bagno 浴槽 욕조 bad bad kąpiel banheira, banho ванна bad อ่างอาบน้ำ banyo bồn tắm 浴缸Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
bath
n. baño;
alcohol ___ → fricción de alcohol;
antipyretic ___ → ___ antipirético, para reducir la fiebre;
aromatic ___ → ___ aromático;
cold ___ → ___ de agua fría;
hot ___ → ___ caliente;
full ___ → ___ completo;
kinetotherapeutic ___ → ___ cinetoterapéutico;
immersion ___ → ___ con inmersión;
oil ___ → ___ aceitado;
Sitz ___ → ___ de asiento caliente;
sponge ___ → ___ con esponja;
warm ___ → ___ tibio.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
bath
n baño; sitz — baño de asiento; sponge — baño de esponja; steam — baño de vapor; to take a — bañarseEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.