bathing
- 1Present participle of bathe. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.
They spent the whole afternoon bathing in the cool river.
She was bathing the cut with antiseptic when the nurse arrived.
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- 2The act of washing your body in a tub of water.
Daily bathing helps keep the skin clean and healthy.
She finds bathing in warm water before bed very relaxing.
Similarwashing
- 3The act of swimming in water for pleasure or exercise.
Bathing in the lake is forbidden after dark.
The cold sea made bathing impossible for more than a few minutes.
Similarswimming
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- 4USBATH-ing/ˈbæθ.ɪŋ/UKBAHTH-ing/ˈbɑːθ.ɪŋ/Present participle of bath. Used mainly in British English for washing someone in a bath.
He was bathing the twins before their bedtime story.
Bathing the muddy dog took nearly an hour.
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bathing is a form of bath
bath, verb: To wash yourself, or wash a baby, person or animal, in a bath. Full entry
- Spelling
- bath → bathing: add -ing
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Origins
From an older English word, made from "bathe" plus "-ing".
From the word "bath".