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BATHING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of washing yourself (or another person)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("bathing" is a kind of...):
cleaning; cleansing; cleanup (the act of making something clean)
lavation; wash; washing (the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bathing"):
shower; shower bath (washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle)
bath (a soaking and washing in a bathtub)
sponge bath (you wash your body with a sponge or washcloth instead of in a bathtub)
steam bath; Turkish bath; vapor bath; vapour bath (you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower)
Derivation:
bathe (cleanse the entire body)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Immersing the body in water or sunshine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("bathing" is a kind of...):
diversion; recreation (an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bathing"):
sea bathing (bathing in the sea or ocean)
sun bathing (immersing the body in sunlight)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb bathe
Context examples:
The researchers found the optimal timing of bathing for cooling down of core body temperature in order to improve sleep quality is about 90 minutes before going to bed.
(Bathing 90 minutes before bedtime can improve sleep quality, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Her sufferings were physical as well as mental, for over one eye rose a hideous, plum-coloured swelling, which her maid, a tall, austere woman, was bathing assiduously with vinegar and water.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Both individuals made large gains in feeding, dressing, bathing, and grooming.
(Spinal cord stimulation helps paralyzed people move hands, NIH)
A little sea-bathing would set me up forever.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
The Movement Disorder Society version of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) Over the past week, have you usually been slow or do you need help with washing, bathing, shaving, brushing teeth, combing your hair or with other personal hygiene?
(MDS-UPDRS - Hygiene, NCI Thesaurus)
The rooms were shut up, the lodgers almost all gone, scarcely any family but of the residents left; and, as there is nothing to admire in the buildings themselves, the remarkable situation of the town, the principal street almost hurrying into the water, the walk to the Cobb, skirting round the pleasant little bay, which, in the season, is animated with bathing machines and company; the Cobb itself, its old wonders and new improvements, with the very beautiful line of cliffs stretching out to the east of the town, are what the stranger's eye will seek; and a very strange stranger it must be, who does not see charms in the immediate environs of Lyme, to make him wish to know it better.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Drinking alcohol can cause a group of conditions called fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs).Effects can include physical and behavioral problems such as trouble with: • Learning and remembering • Understanding and following directions • Controlling emotions • Communicating and socializing • Daily life skills, such as feeding and bathing
(Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
The Witch was too much afraid of the dark to dare go in Dorothy's room at night to take the shoes, and her dread of water was greater than her fear of the dark, so she never came near when Dorothy was bathing.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
He was smiling to himself as he looked up into her virginal face, so innocent, so penetratingly innocent, that its purity seemed always to enter into him, driving out of him all dross and bathing him in some ethereal effulgence that was as cool and soft and velvety as starshine.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Home care services include: • Personal care, such as help with bathing, washing your hair, or getting dressed • Homemaking, such as cleaning, yard work, and laundry • Cooking or delivering meals • Health care, such as having a home health aide come to your home
(Home Care Services, NIH)
