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The definition of bathe means to wet your or body in water or to take a bath.

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To jump in a lake and swim after a long day of hiking is an example of to bathe.

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transitive verb bathed, bathing

to put into a liquid; immerse
to give a bath to; wash
to wet or moisten: sweat bathed his brow
to cover or envelop as if with liquid: the trees are bathed in moonlight

Origin: ME bathen < OE bathian < bæth, bath

intransitive verb

to take a bath; bathe oneself
to go into or be in a body of water so as to swim, cool oneself, etc.
to soak oneself in some substance or influence

noun

Brit. a bathing in the sea, a pool, etc.; a swim

Related Forms:

bather noun

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verb bathed bathed, bath·ing, bathes

verb, intransitive

To take a bath.
To go into the water for swimming or other recreation.
To become immersed in or as if in liquid.
To sunbathe.

verb, transitive

To immerse in liquid; wet.
To wash in a liquid.
To apply a liquid to for healing or soothing purposes: bathed the wound with iodine.
To seem to wash or pour over; suffuse: a room that was bathed in sunlight.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English bathen

Origin: , from Old English bathian

Related Forms:

bathˈer noun

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