bathe
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (3)bathes, bathed, bathing
- cleanse the entire body“bathe daily”More general cleanse, cleanMore specific shower, foment
- suffuse or envelope with something“The room was bathed in sunlight”“I was bathed in a cold sweat”“veal bathed in a rich creamy sauce”More general envelop, enfold
- swim for pleasure or recreationMore general swimMore specific skinny-dip
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. baðien, AS. baðian, fr. bæð 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.— Robert South
2. To lave; to wet. “The lake which bathed the foot of the Alban mountain.” Thomas Arnold
3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.
And let us bathe our hands in Cæsar's blood.— William Shakespeare
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. ” Alfred Tennyson “The bright sunshine bathing all the world.” Henry W. Longfellow
1. To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths. “They bathe in summer.” Edmund Waller
2. To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath. “To bathe in fiery floods.” William Shakespeare “Bathe in the dimples of her cheek.” Robert Lloyd
3. To bask in the sun. obsolete Geoffrey Chaucer
The immersion of the body in water; as, to take one's usual bathe. Edin. Rev.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54