Beyond the Tub: The Many Ways to Say You're Cleaning Up

 

Beyond the Tub: The Many Ways to Say You're Cleaning Up

WHAT IS THE RIGHT WAY TO SAY YOU ARE WASHING YOURSELF OR HAVE WASHED YOURSELF IN ENGLISH?

The following words can be used to express the fact that your body has been washed :

  • Bath
  • Bathe
  • Shower

Bath : It means to wash oneself or someone by immersing in a tub of water.

Bathe: It means the same as BATH, but it is pronounced differently. This is usually used as a verb.

Shower : It means to wash yourself using a device called shower

NOTE:  while the above words can be used to mean cleaning the body, 'Bathe' is used as a verb whereas  ' Bath' is used as a noun.

Pronunciation:

Bath: as in 'path'. 

Bathe: as in 'lathe'. The 'a'  is pronounced long as in 'cake'. 

Examples :

  1. I have bathed today (verb)
  2. I will bathe as soon as I get home from work. (verb)
  3. I have taken my bath this morning (noun)
  4. I take a bath immediately after I arrive home from work every day.(noun)
  5. I showered at 9pm and went to bed.(verb)

As I write this, I just realized that some people actually wash themselves without a bathtub or shower.. They fetch water in a bucket to clean up probably from a well or a stream. If you neither bathe in a bath tub nor use a shower, you are not alone. If your bathroom has a shower stand but water isn't running through your tap for whatever reason, it is okay. And if you have a bathtub and a showerhead but you prefer to use a bucket, you are amazing. As long as the body is fresh, there is nothing to be fussy about. 😀😀😀😍

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