Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US, archaic)To live as a bachelor; (chiefly of a man) to live without women, and do one's own cooking, housekeeping etc.

More definitions
  • lead a bachelor's existence

Examples

27 sentences

  1. I'm listening to Bach right now.

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  2. George Frideric Handel was born 36 days before Johann Sebastian Bach.

    deGeorg Friedrich Händel wurde 36 Tage vor Johann Sebastian Bach geboren. — Dejo

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  3. I'm listening to Bach now.

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  4. Bach's music is rich in polyphony.

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  5. Bach could transform music into pure melancholy.

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Origin

Abbreviation of bachelor (or, in later senses, of bachelor pad).

Abbreviation of bachelor (or, in later senses, of bachelor pad).

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Forms

baches, baching, bached, bached
Base formbach · to bach
3rd person singularbaches
Present participlebaching
Past simplebached
Past participlebached

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybach
he, she, itbaches

Past simpleLesson

all personsbached

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bached
he, she, ithas bached

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bach

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
babylonbabysitB1babysitterB1baccalaureatebachelorbachelorettebackA2
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