Crossword clues for bathing
bathing
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bathe \Bathe\ (b[=a][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bathed (b[=a][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Bathing.] [OE. ba[eth]ien, AS. ba[eth]ian, fr. b[ae][eth] bath. See 1st Bath, and cf. Bay to bathe.]
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To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.
Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus.
--South. To lave; to wet. ``The lake which bathed the foot of the Alban mountain.''
--T. Arnold.-
To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.
And let us bathe our hands in C[ae]sar's blood.
--Shak. To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's forehead with camphor.
To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed. ``The rosy shadows bathe me. ''
--Tennyson. ``The bright sunshine bathing all the world.''
--Longfellow.
Bathing \Bath"ing\, n. Act of taking a bath or baths.
Bathing machine, a small room on wheels, to be driven into the water, for the convenience of bathers, who undress and dress therein.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1540s, verbal noun from bathe (v.). Bathing suit is recorded from 1852 (bathing costume from 1830); bathing beauty is 1920, from vaudeville.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1
Designed for use whilst bathing. n. The act of taking a bath. v
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(present participle of bathe English) Etymology 2
vb. (present participle of bath English)
WordNet
n. immersing the body in water or sunshine
the act of washing yourself (or another person) [syn: washup]
Wikipedia
Bathing is the washing of the body with a fluid, usually water or an aqueous solution, or the immersion of the body in water. It may be practised for personal hygiene, religious ritual or therapeutic purposes. By analogy, especially as a recreational activity, the term is also applied to sun bathing and sea bathing.
Bathing can take place in any situation where there is water, ranging from warm to cold. It can take place in a bathtub or shower, or it can be in a river, lake, water hole, pool or the sea, or any other water receptacle. The term for the act can vary. For example, a ritual religious bath is sometimes referred to as immersion, the use of water for therapeutic purposes can be called a water treatment or hydrotherapy, and two recreational water activities are known as swimming and paddling. The city of Bath (known during ancient Roman times as Aquae Sulis) is famous for its public baths fed by hydrothermal springs.
Usage examples of "bathing".
And he suckled first one nipple and then the other, drawing the areolas deep inside his mouth and bathing them with his tongue.
To this cause perhaps, united to their frequent bathing and extreme cleanliness, is ascribable, in a great measure, the marvellous purity and smoothness of skin exhibited by the natives in general.
A little further on it says: Therapies, bathing in moonlight, running water, wearing of bangles, bracelets and anklets.
Knowing which side to duck to can mean the difference between bathing the babe in bechamel sauce and burning your butt on a Bessemer converter.
I know that on the occasion when we stood face to face in Bosher Street police court he convulsed the audience with three solid jokes at my expense in the first two minutes, bathing me in confusion.
His bathing completed, a fifth Kalmyk entered the chamber, this one bearing with him the basin, razors, shears, and other paraphernalia of the barber, plus a chest of cour bouilli slung over his shoulder.
His eyes saw the cablegram disappear into the zipper pocket of the bathing suit.
Wenduyne, on the other hand, which lies between Le Coq and Blankenberghe, has been made by the State, while the management of Blankenberghe, Heyst, and Middelkerke, as bathing stations, is in the hands of their communal councils.
His high explosives team of half a dozen draftees sat in undershirts, bathing shorts and handkerchiefs worn on the head pirate-style.
Cheryl is not going to wake up one morning, hop into her dungarees and funky pullover, snatch up her bathing suit, and head for the beach with the boys.
She thought of the earless cutout girl who wore a bathing suit and used to live in the closet drawer next to the catalogue ladies.
As a child, Samantha had wanted her ensconced nearby whenever she came to spend the night, and had claimed for Adriana the bedchamber on the opposite side of the narrow bathing compartment from her own room.
Here Tristam stopped to drink, trusting that the lack of fales in the vicinity would mean there was no one bathing or washing clothing upstream.
Outdoors it was bitterly cold, a full moon bathing the world in silver.
Catherine was actually ghostlike as she descended the steps to the lawn, for she was draped in a large beach towel and was wearing a white bathing cap.