take+a+bath

  • 21bath — 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 …

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  • 22bath — bath1 [bath, bäth] n. pl. baths [bathz, bäthz; baths, bäths] [ME < OE bæth < IE base * bhe , to warm > BAKE] 1. a washing or dipping of a thing, esp. the body, in water or other liquid, steam, etc. 2. water or other liquid for bathing,… …

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  • 23take — 1 Take, seize, grasp, clutch, snatch, grab are comparable when they mean to get hold of by or as if by reaching out the arm or hand. Take is not only the most general but also the only colorless term in this group. In ordinary use, especially… …

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  • 24bath oil — bath ,oil noun count or uncount a liquid containing oil with a pleasant smell that you add to the water when you take a bath …

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  • 25bath salts — bath ,salts noun plural a substance with a pleasant smell that you add to the water when you take a bath …

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  • 26bath — 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… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27bath — 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… …

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  • 28bath — bath1 bathless, adj. /bath, bahth/, n., pl. baths /badhz, bahdhz, baths, bahths/, v. n. 1. a washing or immersion of something, esp. the body, in water, steam, etc., as for cleansing or medical treatment: I take a bath every day. Give the dog a… …

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  • 29bath — bath1 [ bæθ ] noun count *** 1. ) the process of washing yourself or someone else in a BATHTUB: The children need a bath tonight. take a bath: Do I have time to take a bath? a ) the water in a BATHTUB: I relaxed in a nice deep bath. run a bath… …

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  • 30bath — [[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… …

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