bathe
11bathe — [v] wash with water and, usually, soap bath, clean, cleanse, dip, douse, dunk, flood, hose, imbathe, imbue, immerse, moisten, rinse, scour, scrub, shower, soak, soap, sponge, steep, submerge, suffuse, tub, water, wet; concepts 161,165 Ant. dirty …
12bathe — ► VERB 1) wash by immersing one s body in water. 2) chiefly Brit. take a swim. 3) soak or wipe gently with liquid to clean or soothe. 4) suffuse or envelop: my desk is bathed in sunlight. ► NOUN ▪ a swim. DERIVATIVES …
13bathe — [[t]be͟ɪð[/t]] bathes, bathing, bathed 1) VERB If you bathe in a sea, river, or lake, you swim, play, or wash yourself in it. Birds and animals can also bathe. [mainly BRIT, FORMAL] [V prep/adv] The police have warned the city s inhabitants not… …
14bathe — I noun the act of swimming the Englishman said he had a good bathe • Hypernyms: ↑swimming, ↑swim II verb 1. cleanse the entire body (Freq. 5) bathe daily …
15bathe — bathe1 [beıð] v [: Old English; Origin: bathian] 1.) [I and T] especially AmE to wash yourself or someone else in a bath British Equivalent: bath ▪ I bathed, washed my hair, and got dressed. ▪ He bathed the children and put them to bed. 2.)… …
16bathe — 1 verb 1 (I, T) especially AmE to wash yourself or someone else in a bath; bath 2 BrE: I bathed, washed my hair, and got dressed. 2 (I) BrE old fashioned to swim in the sea, a river, or a lake: The children ran off to bathe. 3 (T) to wash or… …
17bathe — em·bathe; sun·bathe; bathe; …
18bathe */ — UK [beɪð] / US verb Word forms bathe : present tense I/you/we/they bathe he/she/it bathes present participle bathing past tense bathed past participle bathed 1) a) [transitive] mainly American to wash someone in a bath b) [intransitive] to wash… …
19bathe — bath, bathe (verbs). In BrE to bath is to have a bath (i.e. wash oneself immersed in a domestic bath), and to bathe is to go into the sea or a river to swim (although usage in this meaning is now dated) or (transitively) to wipe or soothe a wound …
20bathe — /baydh/, v., bathed, bathing, n. v.t. 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… …
