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Summer activity at Brighton
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bathing
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Word definitions for bathing in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in 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.] To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath. Chancing to ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in 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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 Designed for use whilst bathing. n. The act of taking a bath. v (present participle of bathe English) Etymology 2 vb. (present participle of bath English)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in 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.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a swimming/bathing cap ▪ A swimming cap will stop you getting your hair wet. bathing cap bathing costume bathing suit bathing trunks PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES bathing/jogging etc suit ▪ A more natural line evolved as ...
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.