Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who bathes; one who immerses himself in water.
- noun One who bathes another.
- To scratch and rub in the dust, as birds do.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who bathes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
bathes orswims .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who takes a bath
- noun a person who travels through the water by swimming
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word bather.
Examples
-
And W. W.ods was the first to note that lather, which I had listed with just two meanings and pronunciations, is actually another "triple"; to these should be added the word rhyming with bather, meaning lathe-operator. viola gibberDave Chambliss (New Orleans, LA), mowBarbara M. Elesh (Rockville, M.), seer winding II.
-
Hey, he's a cat, so he's naturally a frequent bather, but this was obsessive.
-
The show includes Bouguereau paintings of a water girl; a bather; two gypsies; and a nude winged Cupid, and is fleshed out with paintings and sculptures by his contemporaries, including a striking tondo by Jean-Léon Gérôme.
The Shape of Things Lance Esplund 2011
-
But the best part of this design is the shower itself, which falls onto the bather like rain water.
Starck Chair 2009
-
When these sharks feed in the murky surf zone where the jostling of waves and currents forces them to rely on quick grabs to feed, a flailing leg or arm of a bather frolicking in the surf can be mistaken for the animal's normal prey.
Dr. Douglas Fields: Alarming Increase in Fatal Shark Attacks World-Wide: Science cuts through the hysteria for answers Dr. Douglas Fields 2011
-
Poses and gestures change meaning, from an expression of torment in "Scene of War" to the benign motion of a bather wringing out her hair.
Stolen Moments and Persistent Poses Karen Wilkin 2011
-
Picasso treats Miss Walter who loved swimming and the beach as monument, acrobat and vessel; landscape, bather, crustacean and sandcastle.
Picasso's Labor of Love Lance Esplund 2011
-
Hey, he's a cat, so he's naturally a frequent bather, but this was obsessive.
-
Crazy … David Trood's shot of a Danish winter bather.
-
And the open doorway allows steam to escape that might otherwise keep a bather warm, he said.
Grand Hotel, Starring the Shower Kris Hudson 2011
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.