Saturday, January 07, 2006

clearance

bathe (bth)
v. bathed, bath·ing, bathes
v. intr.

1. To take a bath.
2. To go into the water for swimming or other recreation.
3. To become immersed in or as if in liquid.
4. To sunbathe.

v. tr.

1. To immerse in liquid; wet.
2. To wash in a liquid.
3. To apply a liquid to for healing or soothing purposes: bathed the wound with iodine.
4. To seem to wash or pour over; suffuse: a room that was bathed in sunlight.

show·er (shour)
n.

1. A brief fall of precipitation, such as rain, hail, or sleet.
2. A fall of a group of objects, especially from the sky: a meteor shower; a shower of leaves.
3. An abundant flow; an outpouring: a shower of praise.
4. A party held to honor and present gifts to someone: a bridal shower.
5. a. A bath in which the water is sprayed on the bather in fine streams from a
showerhead, usually secured overhead: take a shower.

b. The stall or tub in which such a bath is taken.

Well, if you're wondering what that was about, I kinda got into this conversation with some friends about the differences of taking a 'shower' and a 'bath'.

So what did you think? :)