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Bathe

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Noun

1. bathe

the act of swimming

Example Sentences:
'the Englishman said he had a good bathe'

Verb

2. bathe

cleanse the entire body

Example Sentences:
'bathe daily'

3. bathe

suffuse with or as if with light

Example Sentences:
'The room was bathed in sunlight'

4. bath, bathe

clean one's body by immersion into water

Example Sentences:
'The child should bathe every day'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bathe

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noun
7. British
a swim or paddle in a body of open water or a river
verb
1. (intransitive)
to swim or paddle in a body of open water or a river, esp for pleasure
2. (transitive)
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. mainly US and Canadian
to wash in a bath
5. (tr; often passive)
to suffuse
her face was bathed with radiance
6. (transitive)
(of water, the sea, etc) to lap; wash
waves bathed the shore

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Bathe

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verb transitiveWord forms: bathed or ˈbathing
1. 
to put into a liquid; immerse
2. 
to give a bath to; wash
3. 
to wet or moisten
sweat bathed his brow
4. 
to cover or envelop as if with liquid
the trees are bathed in moonlight
verb intransitive
5. 
to take a bath; bathe oneself
6. 
to go into or be in a body of water so as to swim, cool oneself, etc.
7. 
to soak oneself in some substance or influence
noun
8.  British
a bathing in the sea, a pool, etc.; a swim

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bathe

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v. bathed, bath·ing, bathes
v.intr.
1. To take a bath.
2. To go into the water for swimming or other recreation.
3. To become immersed in or as if in liquid.
4. To sunbathe.
v.tr.
1. To immerse in liquid; wet.
2. To wash in a liquid.
3. To apply a liquid to for healing or soothing purposes: bathed the wound with iodine.
4. To seem to wash or pour over; suffuse: a room that was bathed in sunlight.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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