to have a bath / take a bath

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• have - take — Have and take are both commonly used with nouns as their objects to indicate that someone performs an action or takes part in an activity. With some nouns, you can use either have or take with the same meaning. For example, you can say Have a… …   Useful english dictionary

• bath — bath, bathe (verbs). In BrE to bath is to have a bath (i.e. wash oneself immersed in a domestic bath), and to bathe is to go into the sea or a river to swim (although usage in this meaning is now dated) or (transitively) to wipe or soothe a wound …   Modern English usage

• bath — 1 noun plural baths (C) 1 BrE a large long container that you fill with water and sit in to wash yourself; bathtub especially AmE: run a bath (=make water flow into a bath) 2 an act of washing your body in a bath: After a week of camping, I… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• bath — bath1 W3S2 [ba:θ US bæθ] n plural baths [ba:ðz, ba:θs US bæðz, bæθs] [: Old English; Origin: bAth] 1.) if you take a bath, you wash your body in a bath ▪ After a week of camping, I really needed a bath. take/have a bath ▪ I ll have a bath and go… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• bath — [[t]bɑ͟ːθ, bæ̱θ[/t]] ♦♦♦ baths, bathing, bathed (When the form baths is the plural of the noun it is pronounced [[t]bɑ͟ːðz[/t]]u> or [[t]bæ̱θs[/t]]u> in British English, and [[t]bæ̱ðz[/t]]u> in American English. When it is used in the… …   English dictionary

• take — 1 /teIk/ verb past tense took past participle taken MOVE STH 1 (T) to move someone or something from one place to another: Don t forget to take your bag when you go. | Paul doesn t know the way can you take him? | take sb/sth to: We take the kids …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• bath — bath1 [ bæθ ] noun count *** 1. ) the process of washing yourself or someone else in a BATHTUB: The children need a bath tonight. take a bath: Do I have time to take a bath? a ) the water in a BATHTUB: I relaxed in a nice deep bath. run a bath… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bath — I UK [bɑːθ] / US [bæθ] noun [countable] Word forms bath : singular bath plural baths *** 1) British a long deep container that you fill with water and wash yourself in. The usual American word is bathtub. a) the water in a bath I relaxed in a… …   English dictionary

• Bath — n. & v. n. (pl. baths) 1 a (in full bath tub) a container for liquid, usu. water, used for immersing and washing the body. b this with its contents (your bath is ready). 2 the act or process of immersing the body for washing or therapy (have a… …   Useful english dictionary

• bath — n. & v. n. (pl. baths) 1 a (in full bath tub) a container for liquid, usu. water, used for immersing and washing the body. b this with its contents (your bath is ready). 2 the act or process of immersing the body for washing or therapy (have a… …   Useful english dictionary

• bath — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 (BrE) (also bathtub AmE, BrE) large container for washing your body ADJECTIVE ▪ free standing, sunken ▪ cast iron, tin VERB + BATH/BATHTUB …   Collocations dictionary