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- [bath, bahth]
- /bæθ, bɑθ/
- /ˈbeɪ.ðɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bath, bahth]
- /bæθ, bɑθ/
Definitions of bathing word
- noun bathing swimming 3
- noun plural bathing a washing or immersion of something, especially the body, in water, steam, etc., as for cleansing or medical treatment: I take a bath every day. Give the dog a bath. 1
- noun plural bathing a quantity of water or other liquid used for this purpose: running a bath. 1
- noun plural bathing a container for water or other cleansing liquid, as a bathtub. 1
- noun plural bathing a room equipped for bathing; bathroom: The house has two baths. 1
- noun plural bathing a building containing rooms or apartments with equipment for bathing; bathhouse. 1
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Origin of bathing
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English bæth; cognate with Old Frisian beth, Old Saxon, Old Norse bath, German Bad; < Germanic *bátha-n what is warmed, akin to Old High German bājan (German bähen), Swedish basa to warm; pre-Germanic *bheH- to warm, past participle *bhH-to-
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Parts of speech for Bathing
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bathing popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bathing usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bathing
noun bathing
- washing — the act or process of washing with water or other liquid: to give the car a wash.
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- ablutions — Someone's ablutions are all the activities that are involved in washing himself or herself.
- unexpurgated — to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable: Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms' fairy tales.
- maundy — the ceremony of washing the feet of the poor, especially commemorating Jesus' washing of His disciples' feet on Maundy Thursday.
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