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bathe  audio  (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.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English bathen, from Old English bathian

OTHER FORMS:
bather(Noun)


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