Search results for 'bath':

bath noun (baths) 1 a large open container for water, in which to wash the whole body while sitting in it. 2 an act of washing the body in a bath. 3 the water filling a bath • run a bath. 4 (the baths) a public swimming pool. 5 in compounds a liquid with or in which something is washed, heated or steeped, etc, as a medicinal or cleansing treatment, etc or as part of a technical process such as developing photographs • acid bath • baby bath. 6 especially in compounds a container in which something is washed, heated, or steeped, etc, of appropriate size and shape for the specific purpose • an eye bath. verb (bathed, bathing) 1 to wash someone or something in a bath • Have you bathed the children? 2 intrans (also have a bath, or take a bath) to wash oneself in a bath • She baths every evening. See also bathe.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon bæth.