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bathe
[ beyth ]
verb (used with object)
- to immerse (all or part of the body) in water or some other liquid, for cleansing, refreshment, etc.
- to wet; wash.
- to moisten or suffuse with any liquid.
- to apply water or other liquid to, with a sponge, cloth, etc.:
to bathe a wound.
- to wash over or against, as by the action of the sea, a river, etc.:
incoming tides bathing the coral reef.
- to cover or surround:
a shaft of sunlight bathing the room; a morning fog bathing the city.
verb (used without object)
- to swim for pleasure.
- to be covered or surrounded as if with water.
noun
- British.
- the act of bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river.
bathe
/ beɪð /
verb
- intr to swim or paddle in a body of open water or a river, esp for pleasure
- tr to apply liquid to (skin, a wound, etc) in order to cleanse or soothe
- to immerse or be immersed in a liquid
to bathe machine parts in oil
- to wash in a bath
- tr; often passive to suffuse
her face was bathed with radiance
- tr (of water, the sea, etc) to lap; wash
waves bathed the shore
noun
- a swim or paddle in a body of open water or a river
Derived Forms
- ˈbather, noun
Other Words From
- re·bathe verb rebathed rebathing
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of bathe1
Example Sentences
It takes spending sustained time with those same people, in bathing suits no less, to realize how far apart you’ve drifted ideologically, or sympathetically.
Lancaster House may have been bathed in sunshine as European leaders gathered to chart a way forward for Ukraine.
Eaton Canyon trail hikers showed up in their bathing suits, carrying towels.
When Carter needed more soup, he wandered over to the bluffs less than a block from his house to gaze out to sea, bathe in its breezes, imagine incredible new worlds.
Somehow, the space manages to feel both moody and bathed in light at the same time.
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