English Dictionary: bathing | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for bathing | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bathe \Bathe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bathed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bathing}.] [OE. ba[?]ien, AS. ba[?]ian, fr. b[91][?] bath. See 1st {Bath}, and cf. {Bay} to bathe.] 1. To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath. Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus. --South. 2. To lave; to wet. [bd]The lake which bathed the foot of the Alban mountain.[b8] --T. Arnold. 3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid. And let us bathe our hands in C[91]sar's blood. --Shak. 4. 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. 5. To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed. [bd]The rosy shadows bathe me. [b8] --Tennyson. [bd]The bright sunshine bathing all the world.[b8] --Longfellow. |