The meaning of Ablutions

noun

A large container for water, used for immersing and washing the body.

Usage examples:

The bedrooms have their own bath and shower

verb

Wash (someone) while immersing them in a bath.

Usage examples:

How to bath a baby

noun

An ancient hebrew liquid measure equivalent to about 40 litres or 9 gallons.

Usage examples:

The bath, equal to 72 logs, is thus the liquid equivalent of the ephah, also equal to 72 logs.

verb

Wash (someone) while immersing them in a bath.

Usage examples:

How to bath a baby

verb

Wash by immersing one's body in water.

Usage examples:

She was advised to bathe or shower daily

noun

A large container for water, used for immersing and washing the body.

Usage examples:

The bedrooms have their own bath and shower

adjective

Intended to clean something thoroughly, especially the skin.

Usage examples:

A cleansing cream

verb

Make (something, especially the skin) thoroughly clean.

Usage examples:

This preparation will cleanse and tighten the skin

adjective

Used to describe something that cleans or is used for cleaning

Usage examples:

A cleansing cream

verb

Put or let something down quickly or briefly in or into (liquid).

Usage examples:

He dipped a brush in the paint

noun

A brief swim.

Usage examples:

They cooled off by taking a dip in the pool

abbreviation

Document image processing, a system for the digital storage and retrieval of documents as scanned images.

noun

A shower of water.

Usage examples:

I felt better for taking a daily douche

verb

Spray or shower with water.

Usage examples:

She did not douche herself and the smell, at times, was off-putting

verb

To put a liquid, usually water, into the vagina in order to wash it or treat it medically

Usage examples:

A cold douche, you'd be a douche if you did that.

noun

Washing out of a body cavity, such as the colon or stomach, with water or a medicated solution.

Usage examples:

Active core rewarming also can be accomplished by warm lavage of several body cavities.

noun

The removal of contaminants from something.

Usage examples:

Water purification

noun

The act of removing harmful substances from something

Usage examples:

A water purification plant, an air purification system

verb

Rub (someone or something) hard so as to clean them, typically with a brush and water.

Usage examples:

He had to scrub the floor

noun

An act of scrubbing something or someone.

Usage examples:

give the floor a good scrub

noun

A semi-abrasive cosmetic lotion applied to the face or body in order to cleanse the skin.

Usage examples:

Don't use facial scrubs if your skin is sensitive

noun

A brief and usually light fall of rain, hail, sleet, or snow.

Usage examples:

A day of sunny spells and scattered showers

verb

(of a mass of small things) fall or be thrown in a shower.

Usage examples:

Bits of broken glass showered over me

noun

A brief rain, or a light fall of snow

Usage examples:

A snow shower, a shower of sparks, a shower of confetti, he stays in the shower until there is no m…

verb

(of a mass of small things) fall or be thrown in a shower.

Usage examples:

Bits of broken glass showered over me

noun

A brief and usually light fall of rain, hail, sleet, or snow.

Usage examples:

A day of sunny spells and scattered showers

noun

A cubicle or bath in which a person stands under a spray of water to wash.

Usage examples:

All rooms have private shower and wc

verb

Make or allow (something) to become thoroughly wet by immersing it in liquid.

Usage examples:

Soak the beans overnight in water

noun

An act of immersing someone or something in liquid for a period of time.

Usage examples:

I'm looking forward to a long soak in the bath

verb

Submerge in a liquid

noun

A fixed receptacle into which a person may urinate or defecate, typically consisting of a large bowl connected to a system for flushing away the waste into a sewer or septic tank.

Usage examples:

Liz heard the toilet flush

verb

Assist or supervise (someone, especially an infant or invalid) in using a toilet.

Usage examples:

Patients were fed and toileted every four hours

noun

A device into which people excrete waste, esp. a bowl-shaped device with a seat that has a hole in it, or a bathroom

Usage examples:

I couldn't get the toilet to flush.

verb

Clean with water and, typically, soap or detergent.

Usage examples:

Auntie lou had washed all their clothes

noun

An act of washing something or an instance of being washed.

Usage examples:

Her hair needs a wash

abbreviation

Washington.

noun

The action of washing oneself or laundering clothes, bed linen, etc.

Usage examples:

Her arms were red to the elbow from doing other people's washing

verb

Clean with water and, typically, soap or detergent.

Usage examples:

Auntie lou had washed all their clothes