different between bathe vs dunk

English

Etymology

From Middle English bathen, from Old English baþian (“to bathe, wash”), from Proto-Germanic *baþ?n? (“to bathe”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?- (“to warm”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian boadje (“to bathe”), Dutch baden (“to bathe”), German Low German baden (“to bathe”), Danish bade (“to bathe”), Swedish bada (“to bathe”), Icelandic baða (“to bathe”). More at bath. Compare also bask.

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?th, IPA^(key): /be?ð/
• Rhymes: -e?ð

Verb

bathe (third-person singular simple present bathes, present participle bathing, simple past and past participle bathed)

1. (intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
2. (intransitive) To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
3. (transitive) To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.

   We bathe our baby before going to bed; other parents do it in the morning if they have time.

4. (transitive) To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.

   She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.

   The nurse bathed his wound with a sponge.

   The incoming tides bathed the coral reef.

5. (figuratively, transitive and intransitive) To cover or surround.

   The room was bathed in moonlight.

   A dense fog bathed the city streets.
6. (intransitive) To sunbathe.

   The women bathed in the sun.

Derived terms

Related terms

• bath

Translations

Noun

bathe (plural bathes)

1. (Britain, colloquial) The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.

   I'm going to have a midnight bathe tonight.

Translations

Anagrams

• beath, behat

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English b? þ?.

Determiner

bathe

1. Alternative form of bothe (“both”)

Conjunction

bathe

1. Alternative form of bothe (“both”)

Etymology 2

From Old English baþian.

Verb

bathe

1. Alternative form of bathen

English

Etymology

From Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunk?n (“to dip, submerge, dunk”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunk?n (“to make wet”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunk?n?, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to moisten, wet”).

Cognate with German tunken (“to dunk”), Latin ting? (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek ????? (téng?, “to wet, moisten”). Related to taint, tincture, tint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Verb

dunk (third-person singular simple present dunks, present participle dunking, simple past and past participle dunked)

1. To submerge briefly in a liquid.

2. To set down carelessly.

3. (transitive, intransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.

4. (intransitive, Internet slang) To put down on social media [+ on (object)].

Translations

Noun

dunk (plural dunks)

1. The act of dunking, particularly in basketball.

Translations

Related terms

• dunk tank
• reverse dunk
• slam dunk
• thunderdunk

See also

• alley oop
• jam
• slam

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??k/
• Hyphenation: dunk
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

Deverbal of dunken.

Noun

dunk m (uncountable, diminutive dunkje n)

1. opinion

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English dunk

Noun

dunk m (plural dunks, diminutive dunkje n)

1. (basketball) dunk

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

dunk

1. first-person singular present indicative of dunken
2. imperative of dunken

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??k/

Etymology 1

Noun

dunk m (definite singular dunken, indefinite plural dunkar, definite plural dunkane)
dunk n (definite singular dunket, indefinite plural dunk, definite plural dunka)

1. a knock (impact), or the sound of such a knock

Etymology 2

Noun

dunk m (definite singular dunken, indefinite plural dunkar, definite plural dunkane)

1. a keg

Synonyms

• kagge

References

• “dunk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German tunneke, a diminutive of tunne (“barrel”).

Noun

dunk

1. jerry can

Anagrams

• kund