bathe
verb
- have a bath, giving or having a bath
noun
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Pronunciation: /beɪð/ / /beð/ / /bɑð/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English bathen, from Old English baþian (“to bathe, wash”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþōn, from Proto-Germanic *baþōną (“to bathe”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian boadje (“to bathe”), Dutch baden (“to bathe”), German Low German baden (“to bathe”), German baden (“to bathe”), Danish bade (“to bathe”), Swedish bada (“to bathe”), Icelandic baða (“to bathe”). More at bath. Compare also bask.
- The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.
“I'm going to have a midnight bathe tonight.”
“I do not feel disposed to ask any questions, but devote myself entirely to the Governoress, who takes me over to the bathing-house in her boat. I have had my bathe, and am strolling along the sands, waiting for the Countess.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English bathen, from Old English baþian (“to bathe, wash”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþōn, from Proto-Germanic *baþōną (“to bathe”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian boadje (“to bathe”), Dutch baden (“to bathe”), German Low German baden (“to bathe”), German baden (“to bathe”), Danish bade (“to bathe”), Swedish bada (“to bathe”), Icelandic baða (“to bathe”). More at bath. Compare also bask.
- To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
“We do not bathe to make ourselves clean, but to keep clean, and for the sake of its health-giving and invigorating effects. Once a week a warm bath, at about 100°, may be used, with plenty of soap, in order to thoroughly cleanse the pores of the skin.”
“A Greek historian Phylarchus describes a white root indigenous to India that caused eunuchism when a person bathed in water in which the root was steeped.”
- To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
- To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.
“We bathe our baby before going to bed; other parents do it in the morning if they have time.”
- To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.
“She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.”
“The nurse bathed his wound with a sponge.”
- To cover or surround.
“The room was bathed in moonlight.”
“A dense fog bathed the city streets.”
- To sunbathe.
“The women bathed in the sun.”