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bathe

[beyth]

verb (used with object)

bathed, bathing 
  1. to immerse (all or part of the body) in water or some other liquid, for cleansing, refreshment, etc.

  2. to wet; wash.

  3. to moisten or suffuse with any liquid.

  4. to apply water or other liquid to, with a sponge, cloth, etc..

    to bathe a wound.

  5. to wash over or against, as by the action of the sea, a river, etc..

    incoming tides bathing the coral reef.

  6. to cover or surround.

    a shaft of sunlight bathing the room; a morning fog bathing the city.



verb (used without object)

bathed, bathing 
  1. to take a bath or sunbath.

  2. to swim for pleasure.

  3. to be covered or surrounded as if with water.

noun

  1. British.

    1. the act of bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river.

    2. a swimming bath.

bathe

/ ɪð /

verb

  1. (intr) to swim or paddle in a body of open water or a river, esp for pleasure

  2. (tr) to apply liquid to (skin, a wound, etc) in order to cleanse or soothe

  3. to immerse or be immersed in a liquid

    to bathe machine parts in oil

  4. to wash in a bath

  5. (tr; often passive) to suffuse

    her face was bathed with radiance

  6. (tr) (of water, the sea, etc) to lap; wash

    waves bathed the shore

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a swim or paddle in a body of open water or a river

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • rebathe verb
  • ˈٳ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bathe1

before 1000; Middle English bath ( i ) en, Old English bathian, equivalent to æٳ bath 1 + -ian infinitive suffix
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bathe1

Old English bathian ; related to Old Norse batha , Old High German ō
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Around the same time, the bathing suit business took off, as war-time fabric rationing lifted and the culture shifted to allow less modesty and more playful expression.

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“Manchild” is accompanied by a playful music video that shows the singer hitchhiking with various incompetent men and bathing with pigs in her bra and underwear.

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Left the best part of the evening session to bat, and with Lord's bathed in sunshine, the South Africans wilted in the face of an Aussie barrage.

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And Swiss singer Zoë Më was bathed in a sea of mobile phone lights as she performed Voyage , an understated and rather beautiful plea for kindness and understanding.

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Los Angeles stands out as one of the most vast and varied bathing cities in the world.

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