bath
1 of 3noun (1)
ˈbath 
ˈbäth
plural baths ˈbat͟hz
ˈbaths,
ˈbät͟hz,
ˈbäths 1
: a washing or soaking (as in water or steam) of all or part of the body
2
a
: water used for bathing
b(1)
: a contained liquid for a special purpose
(2)
: a receptacle holding the liquid
c(1)
: a medium for regulating the temperature of something placed in or on it
(2)
: a vessel containing this medium
3
a
: bathroom
b
: a building containing an apartment or a series of rooms designed for bathing
c
: spa sense 1 —usually used in plural
d
British : swimming pool —often used in plural
4
a
: the quality or state of being covered with a liquid
b
: flood sense 3
5
: bathtub
see also take a bath
bath
2 of 3verb
bathed; bathing; baths
transitive verb
British : to give a bath to
intransitive verb
British : to take a bath
bath
3 of 3noun (2)
: an ancient Hebrew liquid measure corresponding to the ephah of dry measure
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- alluvion
- cataclysm
- cataract
- deluge
- flood
- flood tide
- inundation
- Niagara
- overflow
- spate
- torrent
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Old English bæth; akin to Old High German bad bath, Old High German bāen to warm
Noun (2)
Hebrew
First Known Use
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
Noun (2)
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing bath
Kids Definition
bath
noun
ˈbath
ˈbäth
plural baths
ˈbat͟hz,
ˈbät͟hz
1
: an act of washing the body usually in a bathtub
took a bath
2
: water for bathing
draw a bath
3
: a place, room, or building where people may bathe
ancient Roman baths
4
: bathroom
5
: bathtub
Medical Definition
bath 1 of 2
noun
ˈbath, ˈbȧth
plural baths ˈbat͟hz ˈbaths
ˈbaths ˈbȧt͟hz,
ˈbȧths
1
: a washing or soaking (as in water) of all or part of the body see mud bath, sitz bath
2
a
: water used for bathing
b(1)
: a medium for regulating the temperature of something placed in or on it
(2)
: a vessel containing this medium
3
: a place resorted to especially for medical treatment by bathing : spa —usually used in plural
bath
2 of 2transitive verb
British
: to give a bath to
intransitive verb
British : to take a bath
Geographical Definition
Bath
geographical name
ˈbath
ˈbäth
city in Somerset, southwestern England population 79,900
bathing
verb
1
as in washing
to flow along or against the cool waters of the North Atlantic bathe the island's shores Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- washing
- splashing
- lapping
- laving
- rippling
- bubbling
- gurgling
- lipping
- sloshing
- plashing
2
as in wetting
to make wet bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them Synonyms & Similar Words
- wetting
- washing
- drowning
- rinsing
- soaking
- flooding
- watering
- drenching
- showering
- flushing
- sousing
- dousing
- dipping
- sopping
- splashing
- submerging
- waterlogging
- wetting down
- sprinkling
- bedraggling
- water-soaking
- dowsing
- moisturizing
- hydrating
- humidifying
- moistening
- damping
- soddening
- inundating
- misting
- drizzling
- irrigating
- saturating
- sluicing
- dunking
- impregnating
- laving
- deluging
- swamping
- overflowing
- dampening
- aspersing
- rehydrating
- bedewing
- rewashing
- steeping
- sloshing
- ducking
- rewetting
- hosing (down)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- drying
- scorching
- evaporating
- dehydrating
- desiccating
- searing
- parching
- dewatering
- wringing
- freeze-drying
- drip-drying
- dehumidifying
3
as in illumining
to supply with light the walls of the canyon were bathed with the warm rays of the setting sun Synonyms & Similar Words
- illumining
- lighting
- illuminating
- brightening
- lightening
- irradiating
- beaconing
- shining
- illuming
- emblazing
- glistening
- glowing
- floodlighting
- gleaming
- highlighting
- glittering
- beaming
- radiating
- blinding
- incinerating
- enhaloing
- igniting
- spotlighting
- dazzling
- beating (down)
- flaming
- kindling
- burning
- blazing
- haloing
- bedazzling
- firing
- dazing
- glaring
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- darkening
- blackening
- dimming
- obfuscating
- covering
- obscuring
- extinguishing
- quenching
- shrouding
- veiling
- dulling
- dousing
- dowsing
- snuffing (out)
- putting out