'Bathing' definitions:
Definition of 'bathing'
From: WordNet
noun
Immersing the body in water or sunshine
noun
The act of washing yourself (or another person) [syn: washup, bathing]
Definition of 'Bathing'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]
- 1. To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath. [1913 Webster]
- Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To lave; to wet. "The lake which bathed the foot of the Alban mountain." --T. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid. [1913 Webster]
- And let us bathe our hands in C[ae]sar's blood. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed. "The rosy shadows bathe me. " --Tennyson. "The bright sunshine bathing all the world." --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bathing'
From: GCIDE
- Bathing \Bath"ing\, n. Act of taking a bath or baths. [1913 Webster]
- Bathing machine, a small room on wheels, to be driven into the water, for the convenience of bathers, who undress and dress therein. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bathing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acrobatics,
- affusion,
- agonistics,
- aquaplaning,
- aquatics,
- aspergation,
- aspersion,
- association football,
- athletics,
- Australian crawl,
- backstroke,
- balneation,
- baptism,
- bath,
- bathe,
- bedewing,
- breaststroke,
- butterfly,
- crawl,
- dampening,
- damping,
- deluge,
- dewing,
- diving,
- dog paddle,
- drowning,
- fin,
- fishtail,
- flapper,
- flipper,
- floating,
- flooding,
- gymnastics,
- hosing,
- hosing down,
- humidification,
- immersion,
- inundation,
- irrigation,
- laving,
- moistening,
- natation,
- palaestra,
- rinsing,
- Rugby,
- rugger,
- sidestroke,
- soccer,
- sparging,
- spattering,
- splashing,
- splattering,
- sports,
- spraying,
- sprinkling,
- submersion,
- surfboarding,
- surfing,
- swashing,
- swim,
- swimming,
- track,
- track and field,
- treading water,
- tumbling,
- wading,
- watering,
- waterskiing,
- wetting
Words containing 'Bathing'
- Bath,
- Bath, ME,
- Bathe,
- Bathed,
- Baths,
- Bath County,
- Bath brick,
- Bath chair,
- Bath house,
- Bath metal,
- Bath note,
- Bath sponge,
- Bath stone,
- Bath, IL,
- Bath, KY,
- Bath, NC,
- Bath, NY,
- Bath, PA,
- Bath, VA,
- Bath, WV,
- Bathing machine,
- Douche bath,
- Earth bath,
- Mud bath,
- Nauheim bath,
- Order of the Bath,
- Plunge bath,
- Russian bath,
- Sand bath,
- Shower bath,
- Sitz bath,
- Sun bath,
- Sweating bath,
- Turkish bath,
- Vapor bath,
- Venus's bath,
- Water bath,
- air bath,
- bath asparagus,
- bath linen,
- bath mat,
- bath mitzvah,
- bath oil,
- bath powder,
- bath salts,
- bath soap,
- bath towel,
- bath water,
- bathing beauty,
- bathing cap,
- bathing costume,
- bathing suit,
- bathing trunks,
- bathing tub,
- bubble bath,
- hip bath,
- sea bathing,
- sponge bath,
- steam bath,
- stop bath,
- sun bathing,
- sweat bath,
- swimming bath,
- vapour bath,
- whirlpool bath,
- Bath County, KY,
- Bath County, VA,
- Egyptian bath sponge,
- bath-towel,
- short-stop bath