n, pl  baths   1  :  a washing or soaking (as in water) of all or part of the body - see MUD BATH SITZ BATH   2 a  :  water used for bathing  b (1) :  a medium for regulating the temperature of something placed in or on it (2) :  a vessel containing this medium  3  :  a place resorted to esp. for medical treatment by bathing  :  SPA - usu. used in pl. <spent the summer at the s> 
vt, Brit  :  to give a bath to vi , Brit  :  to take a bath .
 
   
 
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