Definition of "bathe"

bathe

/beɪð/

verb
third-person singular simple present bathes, present participle bathing, simple past and past participle bathed
1. (intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
2. (intransitive) To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
3. (transitive) To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.
4. (transitive) To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.
  Quotations
  Vorpal, eupeptically bubbling greetings, bathed a sausage in a swimming plate of sauce.
  1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 22
5. (figuratively, transitive and intransitive) To cover or surround.
  Quotations
  Although the encounter was bathed in sunshine, the match failed to reach boiling point but that will be of little concern to Gerard Houllier's team, who took a huge step forward before they face crucial matches against their relegation rivals.
  2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎
6. (intransitive) To sunbathe.
noun
plural bathes
1. (Britain, colloquial) The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.
  Quotations
  I do not feel disposed to ask any questions, but devote myself entirely to the Governoress, who takes me over to the bathing-house in her boat. I have had my bathe, and am strolling along the sands, waiting for the Countess.
  1885, Mrs. Forrester, “Retribution”, in Although He Was a Lord and Other Tales (Collection of British Authors, Tauchnitz Edition; volume 2327), Leipzig: [Christian] Bernhard Tauchnitz, page 140

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