Definition of bathe

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bathe    (b) KEY  

VERB:
bathed , bath·ing , bathes
VERB:
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.

VERB:
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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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English bathen, from Old English bathian

OTHER FORMS:
bather (Noun)

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