baths Definition

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.

Example: run a bath
4. A public swimming pool.

Form: the baths
5. 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.

Example: acid bath
Example: baby bath
6. A container in which something is washed, heated, or steeped, etc, of appropriate size and shape for the specific purpose.

Example: an eye bath

verb bathed, bathing

1. To wash someone or something in a bath

Example: Have you bathed the children?
intr
2. To wash oneself in a bath. See also bathe².

Example: She baths every evening
Form: have a bath (also)
Form: take a bath

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon bæth.

Info:

See Usage Note at bathe.