Baths vs Bathes - What's the difference?
baths | bathes |
An enclosed public swimming pool; originally a place having individual cubicles where people without bathrooms could have a bath.
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To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.
(figuratively, transitive and intransitive) To cover or surround.
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To sunbathe.
(British, colloquial) The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.
As verbs the difference between baths and bathes
is that baths is third-person singular of bath while bathes is third-person singular of bathe.As a noun baths
is plural of lang=en.baths
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(head)See also
* thermaeVerb
(head)Anagrams
* ----bathes
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Verb
(head)bathe
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Verb
(bath)- We bathe our baby before going to bed; other parents do it in the morning if they have time.
- She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.
- The nurse bathed his wound with a sponge.
- The incoming tides bathed the coral reef.
- The room was bathed in moonlight.
- A dense fog bathed the city streets.
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- The women bathed in the sun.
Derived terms
* bather * bathers ("swimsuit" in parts of Australia) * sunbathe * sunbatherNoun
(en noun)- I'm going to have a midnight bathe tonight.