What is the act called?
Most of us do it everyday. But what is it called?
What we know is “bathe”
verb /bāT͟H/ bathed, past participle; bathed, past tense; bathes, 3rd person singular present; bathing, present participle
Wash by immersing one’s body in water
Spend time in the ocean or a lake, river, or swimming pool for pleasure
Soak or wipe gently with liquid to clean or soothe - she bathed and bandaged my knee
Wash (someone) in a bath - they bathed the baby
Suffuse or envelop in something - the park lay bathed in sunshine - mussels bathed in garlic butter
And then we have “Shower”
verb /ˈSHou(-ə)r/ showered, past participle; showered, past tense; showering, present participle; showers, 3rd person singular present
(of a mass of small things) Fall or be thrown in a shower - bits of broken glass showered over me
Cause (a mass of small things) to fall in a shower - his hooves showered sparks across the concrete floor
Throw (a number of small things) all at once toward someone - hooligans showered him with rotten eggs
Give someone a great number of (things) - he showered her with kisses
Give a great number of things to (someone) - senior officers showered praise on their young cadet
Wash oneself in a shower
But what is the act of “filling up a bucket of water and then pouring one mug at a time on oneself” called?
I demand an answer, NOW!
