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bathing

UK/ˈbeɪˌðɪŋ(ɡ)/

bathing noun: the act of taking a bath. Also the present participle and gerund of bathe.

Noun

bathing (countable and uncountable, plural bathings)

  1. The act of taking a bath.
  2. The act of swimming.
    • There is no bathing at this beach.

Also used as

bathing is also the present participle and gerund of bathe.

bathing is also the present participle and gerund of bath.

bathing meaning in Bengali, Kannada, Punjabi and Gujarati

bathing in Bengali

গোসল

bathing in Kannada

ಸ್ನಾನ

bathing in Punjabi

ਨਹਾਉਣਾ

bathing in Gujarati

act of bathing
અંઘોળ aṅghoḷ, સ્નાન snān
More languagesFewer languages
bathing in Nepali
नुहाउने

Forms of bathing

pluralbathings

Origin of bathing

From Middle English bathynge; equivalent to bathe + -ing.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Words formed from bathing

Phrases with bathing

Words that rhyme with bathing

Questions about bathing

What does bathing mean?
Bathing means the act of taking a bath.
What is bathing in Bengali?
Bathing in Bengali is গোসল. See Bathing meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is bathing?
Bathing is a noun.
How do you pronounce bathing?
Bathing is pronounced /ˈbeɪˌðɪŋ(ɡ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of bathing?
The plural of bathing is bathings.

Words near bathing in the dictionary

  1. bathhouses
  2. bathin'
  3. Bathinda
  4. bathinette
  5. bathinettes
  6. bathing
  7. bathing beauties
  8. bathing beauty
  9. bathing belle
  10. bathing box
  11. bathing boxes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bathing (page history and authors); bathing (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bathing (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bathing (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bathing (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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