to take a bath
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1.0
- phrasal verb
- /teɪk ə bæθ/
:
bañarse
- After a long day, I decided to take a bath to relax and unwind.
The beds made, took a bath, wanted to clean up the bathroom a little bit.
- The beds made, took a bath, wanted to clean up the bathroom a little bit.
- I think I'm going to take a bath, wash my hair, drink my matcha.
- Like, I like the hot tub, but taking a bath can give me that same hook up.
- So I love like the spa element of the whole taking a bath, but I want these everywhere.
- Crushing bath bombs, but not actually taking a bath with them.
- And on those self-care days when I take a bath during the day or in the morning, it is just amazing.
Examples
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"Well, Luke was asleep, so I thought I might as well take a bath and wash my hair."
Fiction book (1990) -
"How can she tell me not to take a bath?" Lily wanted to cry.
Fiction book (1993) -
I want to take a bath
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Go upstairs, take a bath.
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I'm gonna go take a bath.
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I'm gonna take a bath.
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I'm taking a bath, Leo.
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Take a bath and come to the table!
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And on those self-care days when I take a bath during the day or in the morning, it is just amazing.
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"I was thinking I might take a bath," she said, grinning away.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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1.0
Put something into water for a while to soften or clean it
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To wash your body under a spray of water
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1.0
To wash your whole body in water to get clean
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2.1
To get into warm water to clean yourself or relax
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2.8
To go into the water for a short time to swim or cool off
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9.9
To wash someone or something gently with water
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2.3
To relax for a while in warm water in a bathtub
How Relaxing
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to immerse oneself in water to wash or relax' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'take' (perform/undergo) with the noun 'bath' (an act of washing), with the article 'a' being semantically negligible. This verb + object composition is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'tomar un baño', French 'prendre un bain') and follows a standard English pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Take a bath comes from the simple image of getting into a tub of water to clean and calm yourself. To take the bath is to get into the water, so the phrase means 'to wash or relax'.