bathe

[Bathe]

When you bathe, you wash yourself. A cat bathes itself by licking its fur with a rough tongue. If you're human, don't try that technique.

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To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.

Noun
the act of swimming; "the Englishman said he had a good bathe"

Verb
cleanse the entire body; "bathe daily"

Verb
clean one''s body by immersion into water; "The child should bathe every day"

Verb
suffuse with or as if with light; "The room was bathed in sunlight"

v. t.
To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.

v. t.
To lave; to wet.

v. t.
To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.

v. t.
To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's forehead with camphor.

v. t.
To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed.

v. i.
To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths.

v. i.
To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath.

v. i.
To bask in the sun.

n.
The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual bathe.

Bathe

Bathe , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bathed (); p. pr. & vb. n. Bathing.] [OE. baien, AS. baian, fr. b'91 bath. See 1st Bath, and cf. Bay to bathe.] 1. To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.

Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus.

2. To lave; to wet. "The lake which bathed the foot of the Alban mountain." T. Arnold. 3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.

And let us bathe our hands in C'91sar's blood.

4. To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's forehead with camphor. 5. To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed. "The rosy shadows bathe me. " Tennyson. "The bright sunshine bathing all the world." Longfellow.

Bathe

Bathe , v. i. 1. To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths. "They bathe in summer." Waller. 2. To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath. "To bathe in fiery floods." Shak. "Bathe in the dimples of her cheek." Lloyd. 3. To bask in the sun. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Bathe

Bathe, n. The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual bathe. Edin. Rev.

To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.

To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths.

The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual bathe.

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Usage Examples

To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by.

We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can.

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Other Usage Examples

The work is with me when I wake up in the morning it is with me while I eat my breakfast in bed and run through the newspaper, while I shave and bathe and dress.

It's the contemporary woman that movies don't know what to do with, other than bathe her in a bridal glow in romantic comedies where both the romance and the comedy are artificial sweeteners.