Bath

  • 61bath*/*/*/ — [bɑːθ] noun [C] I 1) the process of washing yourself or someone else in a bath Have I got time to have a bath?[/ex] 2) British a long deep container that you fill with water and wash yourself in 3) the water in a bath Can you run a bath (= fill a …

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  • 62bath — [1] A tub into which something is immersed. [2] A liquid solution used for cleaning, plating, or maintaining a specified temperature. Also see anodizing bath galvanizing bath oil bath air cleaner primer bath sealing bath zinc bath …

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  • 63Bath — I Bạth,   überregionale arabische Partei, Baath.   II Bath   [bɑːθ; nach der englischen Stadt Bath] das, , Bathonien [batɔn jɛ̃, französisch], Bathonium, Geologie: Stufe des Oberen Dogger, Jura …

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  • 64Bath — The ancient Romano British city of Bath is generally the origin of this name, however, there are two other possibilities. The name can occasionally be a metonymic for one who worked at or lived by baths , and it may also be a derivative of the… …

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  • 65bath — n 1. wash, washing, cleaning, Both Brit. Inf. tub, tubbing; lavation, lavage, laving, cleansing, ablution; immersion, submergence, dunk, dunking, dip, dipping; soak, soaking, douse, dousing, rinse, rinsing, flush, flushing, shower, showering,… …

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  • 66bath — I [[t]bæθ, bɑθ[/t]] n. pl. baths (batz, bӓtz, baths, bӓths) 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:… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 67bath´er — bathe «bayth», verb, bathed, bath|ing, noun. –v.i. 1. to take a bath: »Some boys don t like to bathe regularly. 2. Especially British. to go swimming; go into a river, lake, or ocean, for pleasure or to get cool …

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  • 68bath — I. noun (plural baths) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bæth; akin to Old High German bad bath, Old High German bāen to warm Date: before 12th century 1. a washing or soaking (as in water or steam) of all or part of the body 2. a.… …

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  • 69bath — 1. noun /bæθ,bɑːθ,bæθ/ a) A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub. Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and… …

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  • 70bath — [OE] Bath is a word widely dispersed among the Germanic languages (German has bad, as does Swedish). Like the others, Old English bæth goes back to a hypothetical Germanic *batham, which perhaps derives from the base *ba (on the suffix th see… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins