bathe

bathe  (b)

v. bathed, bath·ing, bathes

v.intr.

1. To take a bath.

2. To go into the water for swimming or other recreation.

3. To become immersed in or as if in liquid.

4. To sunbathe.

v.tr.

1. To immerse in liquid; wet.

2. To wash in a liquid.

3. To apply a liquid to for healing or soothing purposes: bathed the wound with iodine.

4. To seem to wash or pour over; suffuse: a room that was bathed in sunlight.

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[Middle English bathen, from Old English bathian.]

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bather n.

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bathe

Verb

[bathing, bathed]

1. to swim in open water for pleasure

2. to apply liquid to (the skin or a wound) in order to cleanse or soothe

3. Chiefly US & Canad to wash in a bath

4. to spread over: bathed in moonlight

Noun

Brit a swim in open water [Old English bathian]

bather n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bathe - the act of swimming; "the Englishman said he had a good bathe" swim, swimming - the act of swimming; "it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool"
Verb	1.	bathe - cleanse the entire body; "bathe daily" shower - take a shower; wash one's body in the shower; "You should shower after vigorous exercise" cleanse, clean - clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"
	2.	bathe - suffuse with or as if with light; "The room was bathed in sunlight" enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap - enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house"
	3.	bathe - clean one's body by immersion into water; "The child should bathe every day" bath foment - bathe with warm water or medicated lotions; "His legs should be fomented" cleanse, clean - clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"

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bathe

verb 1. swim,

verb 2. wash, clean, bath, soap, shower, soak, cleanse, scrub, tub, sponge, rinse, scrub down, lave (archaic)

verb 3. cleanse, clean, wash, soak, rinse

verb 4. cover, flood, steep, engulf, immerse, overrun, suffuse, wash over

noun 5. Brit. swim, dip, dook Scot.

Translations

bathe [beɪð] vi → bañarse;

(US) → darse un baño, bañarse

vt [+ wound etc] → lavar;

(US) → bañar, dar un baño a

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bathe [beɪð] vi → se baigner

vt → baigner [+ wound etc]; laver

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bathe [beɪð] vi, vt (also fig) → baden

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bathe [beɪð] vi → fare il bagno

vt → bagnare [+ wound etc]; lavare