to have a bath (a wash)
1have a bath — verb To wash oneself in a bath; to bath …
2have a bath — bathe, wash oneself in the bath …
3bath - bathe — ◊ bath In British English, a bath is a long rectangular container which you fill with water and sit in while you wash your body. The bathroom had two basins, a huge bath and more towels than I had ever seen. In American English, a container like… …
4bath — bath, bathe (verbs). In BrE to bath is to have a bath (i.e. wash oneself immersed in a domestic bath), and to bathe is to go into the sea or a river to swim (although usage in this meaning is now dated) or (transitively) to wipe or soothe a wound …
5bath — 1 noun plural baths (C) 1 BrE a large long container that you fill with water and sit in to wash yourself; bathtub especially AmE: run a bath (=make water flow into a bath) 2 an act of washing your body in a bath: After a week of camping, I… …
6bath — bath1 W3S2 [ba:θ US bæθ] n plural baths [ba:ðz, ba:θs US bæðz, bæθs] [: Old English; Origin: bAth] 1.) if you take a bath, you wash your body in a bath ▪ After a week of camping, I really needed a bath. take/have a bath ▪ I ll have a bath and go… …
7bath — [[t]bɑ͟ːθ, bæ̱θ[/t]] ♦♦♦ baths, bathing, bathed (When the form baths is the plural of the noun it is pronounced [[t]bɑ͟ːðz[/t]]u> or [[t]bæ̱θs[/t]]u> in British English, and [[t]bæ̱ðz[/t]]u> in American English. When it is used in the… …
8bath — I UK [bɑːθ] / US [bæθ] noun [countable] Word forms bath : singular bath plural baths *** 1) British a long deep container that you fill with water and wash yourself in. The usual American word is bathtub. a) the water in a bath I relaxed in a… …
9bath*/*/*/ — [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 …
10Bath — n. & v. n. (pl. baths) 1 a (in full bath tub) a container for liquid, usu. water, used for immersing and washing the body. b this with its contents (your bath is ready). 2 the act or process of immersing the body for washing or therapy (have a… …
