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[syn: bathe, bath]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bathe \Bathe\, v. i.
1. To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths. "They bathe
in summer." --Waller.
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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.
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3. To bask in the sun. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bathe \Bathe\, n.
The immersion of the body in water; as, to take one's usual
bathe. --Edin. Rev.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bathe \Bathe\ (b[=a][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bathed
(b[=a][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Bathing.] [OE. ba[eth]ien,
AS. ba[eth]ian, fr. b[ae][eth] bath. See 1st Bath, and cf.
Bay to bathe.]
1. To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.
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Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus.
--South.
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2. To lave; to wet. "The lake which bathed the foot of the
Alban mountain." --T. Arnold.
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3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.
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And let us bathe our hands in C[ae]sar's blood.
--Shak.
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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.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bathe
n 1: the act of swimming; "the Englishman said he had a good
bathe"
v 1: cleanse the entire body; "bathe daily"
2: suffuse with or as if with light; "The room was bathed in
sunlight"
3: clean one's body by immersion into water; "The child should
bathe every day" [syn: bathe, bath]