BATHING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bathing mean? 

• BATHING (noun)
  The noun BATHING has 2 senses:

1. immersing the body in water or sunshine

2. the act of washing yourself (or another person)

  Familiarity information: BATHING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATHING (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of washing yourself (or another person)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

bathing; washup

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)

 Context examples 

Administration of a drug by bathing or flushing open wounds, body cavities or surfaces.

(Irrigation-Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about an individual's distress related to their physical problems with bathing or dressing.

(Distress over Physical Problem with Bathing or Dressing, NCI Thesaurus)

While bathing, gently rub the corn or callus with a washcloth or pumice stone to help reduce the size.

(Corns and Calluses, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

Bathing an organ or tissue with a fluid.

(Chemotherapeutic Perfusion, NCI Dictionary)

Perry was a week at Cromer once, and he holds it to be the best of all the sea-bathing places.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Scale (PDQUALIF) In the past 7 days, in my personal hygiene (bathing, hair care, make up, shaving or toileting), I have been independent.

(PDQUALIF - Independent Hygiene in Past 7 Days, NCI Thesaurus)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient get upset with those trying to care for him/her or resist activities such as bathing or changing clothes?

(NPI - Get Upset with Those Trying to Care for Him/Her, NCI Thesaurus)

They may need help with dressing, bathing, eating, or using the bathroom, but they don't need full-time nursing care.

(Assisted Living, Administration on Aging)

A question about bathing or dressing yourself.

(Bathing or Dressing Yourself, NCI Thesaurus)

Autoradiographic analysis performed by mounting the object for microscopy (e.g., on a glass slide) and bathing the object with a photographic emulsion that will record radioactive disintegrations occurring at close proximity.

(Microscopic Autoradiography, NCI Thesaurus)