Home › Words › D › dustbathedustbathedustbathe means to take a dust bath; to clean one's body, especially, of parasites and excess hair oil, by rolling in sand or dust.EtymologyFrom dust + bathe.verbTo take a dust bath; to clean one's body, especially, of parasites and excess hair oil, by rolling in sand or dust.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bath 63% match — A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub. vs dustbathe →bathe 63% match — To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath. vs dustbathe →dust 59% match — Fine particles.; Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, fiber debris, dead skin cells, etc. vs dustbathe →sunbathe 58% match — To expose one's body to the sun in order to relax or to obtain a suntan; to take the sun. vs dustbathe →bebathe 57% match — To bathe all over; bathe completely; suffuse. vs dustbathe →embathe 57% match — To bathe. vs dustbathe →forbathe 57% match — To bathe abundantly or thoroughly. vs dustbathe →bathing 57% match — The act of taking a bath. vs dustbathe →