take a bath

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [teyk ey bath, bahth]
- /teɪk eɪ bæθ, bɑθ/
- /teɪk ə bɑːθ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [teyk ey bath, bahth]
- /teɪk eɪ bæθ, bɑθ/

Definitions of take a bath words

noun plural take a bath 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 take a bath a quantity of water or other liquid used for this purpose: running a bath. 1
noun plural take a bath a container for water or other cleansing liquid, as a bathtub. 1
noun plural take a bath a room equipped for bathing; bathroom: The house has two baths. 1
noun plural take a bath a building containing rooms or apartments with equipment for bathing; bathhouse. 1
noun plural take a bath Often, baths. one of the elaborate bathing establishments of the ancients: the baths of Caracalla. 1

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Origin of take a bath

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 Take a bath

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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take a bath 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".

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Synonyms for take a bath

verb take a bath

clean up — If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
do the dishes — do the washing up, wash the dishes
hosed — a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point: a garden hose; a fire hose.
hosing — an act or instance of being taken advantage of or cheated.
lave — to wash; bathe.

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