Tra từ bath - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

bath [bath baths bathed bathing] noun, verb BrE [bɑːθ] NAmE [bæθ]
noun (pl. bathsBrE [bɑːðz] ; NAmE [bæðz] )
1. countable (BrE) (also bath·tub, informal tub NAmE, BrE)a large, long container that you put water in and then get into to wash your whole body

see also ↑bird bath
2. countable (BrE)the water in a bath/ ↑bathtub, ready to use
•a long soak in a hot bath
• Please run a bath for me (= fill the bath with water).
3. countable an act of washing your whole body by sitting or lying in water
• I think I'll have a bath and go to bed.
• (especially NAmE)to take a bath
see also ↑bubble bath
4. bathsplural (old-fashioned, BrE)a public building where you can go to swim
• My father took me to the baths every Sunday.
see also ↑swimming bath, ↑swimming pool
5. countable, usually plural a public place where people went in the past to wash or have a bath
•Roman villas and baths
see also ↑Turkish bath
6. countable (technical)a container with a liquid such as water or a ↑dye in it, in which sth is washed or placed for a period of time. Baths are used in industrial, chemical and medical processes.
see also ↑bloodbath

Word Origin:
Old English bæth, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bad and German Bad.

Thesaurus:
bath noun C
•I think I'll have a bath.
shower • • wash •
a hot/cold bath/shower
have a bath/shower/wash
take a bath/shower

Example Bank:
•Could you run the bath for me?
•I lay soaking in a hot bubble bath.
•I'm in the bath!
•It's the children's bath time.
•bath taps
•I think I'll have a bath and go to bed.
•She took the baby upstairs to give him a bath.
•to take a bath
Idiom: ↑take a bath

verb (BrE) (NAmE bathe)
1. transitive ~ sb to give a bath to sb
•It's your turn to bath the baby.
2. intransitive (old-fashioned)to have a bath
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English bæth, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bad and German Bad.

Which Word?:
bath / bathe / swim / sunbathe
When you wash yourself you can say that you bath (BrE) or bathe (NAmE), but it is much more common to say have a bath (BrE) or take a bath (NAmE).
You can also bath (BrE) or bathe (NAmE) another person, for example a baby.
You bathe a part of your body, especially to clean a wound.
When you go swimming it is old-fashioned to say that you bathe, and you cannot say that you bath or take a bath. It is more common to swim, go for a swim, have a swim or go swimming: ▪ Let’s go for a quick swim in the pool. ◇ ▪ She goes swimming every morning before breakfast. What you wear for this activity is usually called a swimming costume in BrE and a bathing suit in NAmE.
When you lie in the sun in order to go brown you sunbathe.

Example Bank:
•He never bathed the kids when they were little.

See also: ↑bathe ▪ ↑bathtub ▪ ↑tub