bath
(bɑːθ , bæθ )
Word forms: baths, bathing , bathed pronunciation note: When the form baths is the plural of the noun it is pronounced (bɑːðz ) or (bæθs ) in British English, and (bæðz ) in American English. When it is used in the present tense of the verb, it is pronounced (bɑːθs ) or (bæθs ).
1. countable noun A1 regional note: in AM, use bathtub
A bath is a container, usually a long rectangular one, which you fill with water and sit in while you wash your body. [British]
In those days, only quite wealthy families had baths of their own.
2. countable noun A1
When you have or take a bath, or when you are in the bath, you sit or lie in a bath filled with water in order to wash your body.
...if you have a bath every morning.
Take a shower instead of a bath.
...a bath and shower gel.
3. verb regional note: in AM, use bathe
If you bath someone, especially a child, you wash them in a bath. [British]
Don't feel you have to bath your child every day. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: clean, wash, soap, shower
Bath is also a noun.
The midwife gave him a warm bath.
4. verb regional note: in AM, use bathe
When you bath, you have a bath. [British]
The three children all bath in the same bath water. [VERB preposition/adverb]
5. countable noun
A bath or a baths is a public building containing a swimming pool, and sometimes other facilities that people can use to have a wash or a bath.
One of the most important buildings in this ruined city is a public bath.
As well as a Roman amphitheatre and baths, the town has two superb museums.
6. countable noun
A bath is a container filled with a particular liquid, such as a dye or an acid, in which particular objects are placed, usually as part of a manufacturing or chemical process.
...a developing photograph placed in a bath of fixer.
7. See also bloodbath, bubble bath, swimming bath, Turkish bath
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BATHROOM wash-hand basin mirror shower toilet towel rail tap cabinet bidet shower screen bath Idioms:
take an early bath [British]
to stop doing something that you are involved in and leave before you have finished
Nineteen of the country's most experienced referees have been invited to take an early bath.
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take a bath [journalism]
to lose a lot of money on an investment
Investors in the company took a 35 million dollar bath on the company, which entered bankruptcy proceedings 18 months ago.
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throw the baby out with the bath water
to reject something completely, the good parts as well as the bad
Even if we don't necessarily like that, we're not going to throw the baby out with the bath water.
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Collocations:
bath toy cold bath daily bath foot bath full bath herbal bath hot bath ice bath marble bath mineral bath relaxing bath share a bath soothing bath sunken bath tepid bath warm bath
The action of a frenetic bath toy?
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The cruise ships along the bank look like bath toys.
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It makes the other cruise behemoths moored along the dock look like bath toys.
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Within were 29,000 plastic bath toys, including 7,200 ducks.
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One of them broke open, and the contents, nearly 30,000 packaged bath toys, were swept away on the raging tide.
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We'll have to wake him with a cold bath, so we carry him upstairs.
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A cold bath would work as well, although it might be harder to face.
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A quick, cold bath thins blood and boosts blood sugar levels.
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Because it's subjective, there may even be a placebo effect on those who take the cold bath.
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During the 1930s rowers often began the day with a cold bath and bracing walk before breakfast and outings in the afternoon.
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See them take their daily bath and stroll around the hill top site.
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The waterfall became a daily bath, the exposure times growing along with the fringe of ice at the little lagoon's edge.
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We managed without daily baths for millennia, and millions still do.
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Daily baths were a must for all.
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The couple also tried herding sheep through a foot bath and dry stone walling - a welcome change from cutting ribbons and making speeches.
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She also suggests a cool foot bath with mint.
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You could serve it raw and it would be nicer to eat than one soaked in somebody's foetid foot bath overnight.
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This reverted to uncontrollable giggles when the plastic washing-up bowl they were using for a foot bath was too small for size-11s.
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Your country needs you to buy nose-hair clippers and foot baths.
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Four cabins are for the head researchers and employees that work there full-time and include 2 beds and a full bath.
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It includes a private office, a private passage, and a private restroom complete with full bath, as well as a public reception room.
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Behind them was a single full bath, a kitchenette, and a living room.
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The other 5 cabins are for additional researchers and student groups that visit and include bunk beds and a full bath.
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The new addition has modern conveniences which include a full bath and small but modern kitchen.
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Swish spa, too, offering herbal baths.
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The center, now open, employs traditional healers who provide medicinal plant therapy, massages, temazcal and herbal baths.
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Herbal baths, the making of incense, tied in bundles for rituals or prayers, or placed in charms are just some of the ways herbs can be used for spiritual purposes.
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Heat is proven to boost your happy hormones as well as ease away muscle aches, so a hot bath is a part of the home spa experience.
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I promised myself that it would all be cured by a hot bath and a good night's sleep.
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The first and most important is the hot bath.
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Draw a hot bath with some lavender oil, lie back and relax.
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One of the best things about the mountains (apart from carte blanche to eat cake) is the hot bath at the end of the day.
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Professional players tend to have an ice bath after a game to limit muscle soreness caused by the build-up of lactic acid created by exercise.
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Then shock the eggs in an ice bath for 10 minutes.
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After this time in a small room hotter than boiling water, he said he stepped into an ice bath for three minutes.
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He finished last and was ceremoniously dunked, then dunked again, in the ice bath.
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It's not as simple as an ice bath any more.
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If a room calls for a freestanding marble bath or a little bistro chair, it gets one.
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Inside, the furnished apartments have marble bath suites and hardwood floors.
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The yacht boasts an owner's suite of 150 square metres, complete with marble bath.
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The room was the height of luxury in the 1690s, equipped with pipes for hot and cold water and a sunken marble bath.
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Each one features a large bedroom with adjoining bathroom including marble bath and indoor and outdoor showers.
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Now: five-star rooftop aqua-spa and mineral bath facility.
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The village remained completely agricultural until a quarry opened in the 17th century and in 1737 a health spa or mineral bath opened.
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In 1986 a new main building was constructed to house the spa, mud bath and mineral bath facility.
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Save up for a spa trip - the daily regimen of sunshine, mineral baths and relaxation can alleviate the symptoms.
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I arrive among tended country gardens where matrons cheerfully poach themselves to a salmon pink in mineral baths.
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Take a relaxing bath or read a book instead.
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Try to resolve any problems making you anxious, and have a relaxing bath and a hot milky drink before bed to enourage sleep.
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Plus, the deeply relaxing bath salts and yummy lavender chocolate are hard to resist.
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Learn new ways to reward yourself that don't involve eating, like having a relaxing bath for example.
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Great value for money and perfect for a relaxing bath.
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In these temperate isles we feel it our right to run a dishwasher containing just three cereal bowls and never to share a bath.
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And we all share a bath.
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Romantics - seriously committed greenies - could recall the long hot summer of 1976 and share the bath water; but just try not to be the last in.
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Some single rooms have a private bath, but most have a shared bath; double rooms share a bath.
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I even suggested to my neighbours they share their baths.
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Or maybe some soothing bath salts, for the ailing mum with arthritis?
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Run a soothing bath after watching.
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You spend most of the day applying ice to various body parts, taking soothing baths, and getting a massage.
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Each suite features a marble bathroom, sunken bath, terrace and landscaped courtyard.
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A huge bathroom has a sunken bath, the drawing room a vaulted roof.
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Ours also came with an enormous outdoor bathroom, with a sunken bath under its own thatched roof.
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In the other half are a vast, sunken bath and an indoor shower.
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The grey-tiled bathroom has a shell-like curving shower enclosure and a sunken bath.
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You can also try bathing her in a tepid bath with a small amount of salt in it.
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However, heavy rain provided some hydration in the early hours and crucially the water was like a tepid bath.
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Testing such power, he prescribed a tepid bath to his master which healed his ailment.
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Cold and tepid baths should be employed every morning, unless on account of illness or other circumstances.
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No wonder they enjoy a warm bath in the hot springs.
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Try a warm bath before going to bed.
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Translations:
Chinese: 浴缸
Japanese: 浴槽
- undertake a journey
- undertake an action
- undertake an activity
- undertake an improvement
- undertake a process
- undertake a project
- undertake a quest
- undertake a restoration
- undertake a review
- undertake a series of
- undertake a survey
- undertake a task
- undertake a transaction
- undertaken an effort
- undertake operations
- undertaker
- undertake reform
- undertake research
- undertake training
- undertaking
- under the aegis of sb
- under the aegis of sb/sth
- under the aegis of sth
- under the auspices of
- under the auspices of/ under someone's auspices