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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of swimming;
- Example: "the Englishman said he had a good bathe"


VERB (3)

1. cleanse the entire body;
- Example: "bathe daily"

2. suffuse with or as if with light;
- Example: "The room was bathed in sunlight"

3. clean one's body by immersion into water;
- Example: "The child should bathe every day"
[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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. To bask in the sun. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus. --South. [1913 Webster] 2. To lave; to wet. "The lake which bathed the foot of the Alban mountain." --T. Arnold. [1913 Webster] 3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid. [1913 Webster] And let us bathe our hands in C[ae]sar's blood. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
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]