🛁 Relaxing in a tub 🛁 To bathe

to tubbing

4.4

To wash someone or something in a tub

verb
/ˈtʌbɪŋ/

: bañar

After a long hike, he enjoyed tubbing his tired feet in warm water.

Examples

The nurse was tubbing the patient gently to help them feel comfortable.
I love tubbing my dog after a muddy walk.
She spent the morning tubbing the puppy until its fur was completely clean.
Have you ever tubbed a cat?
She spent the morning tubbing the puppy until its fur was completely clean.
The nurse was tubbing the patient gently to help them feel comfortable.
I love tubbing my dog after a muddy walk.

Antonyms

dirtying

3.0

Making something dirty, for example clothes or walls

How Thorough

scrubbing

17 1.0

to tubbing

4.4

rinsing

3 1.0

wetting

1 1.4

Surface Forms

tub infinitive

tubbed past

tubbed past participle

tubbing present participle

tubs third person singular

Morphology

tubbing = tub (transparent) = tub + ing

The verb form 'tubbing' is derived from 'tub' with the suffix '-ing', indicating the action of washing or bathing in a tub.

Etymology

Tubbing comes from tub + -ing, with tub meaning a 'small bath' as in bathtub. As a verb, tubbing means to wash or bathe someone or something in a tub, like giving a bath or soaking tired feet.