BATHE
bathe
(noun) the act of swimming for pleasure or recreation; “the Englishman said he had a good bathe”
bathe
(verb) cleanse the entire body; “bathe daily”
bathe
(verb) suffuse or envelope with something; “The room was bathed in sunlight”; “I was bathed in a cold sweat”; “veal bathed in a rich creamy sauce”
bathe
(verb) swim for pleasure or recreation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
bathe (third-person singular simple present bathes, present participle bathing, simple past and past participle bathed)
(intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
(intransitive) To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
(transitive) To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.
(transitive) To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.
(figuratively, transitive and intransitive) To cover or surround.
(intransitive) To sunbathe.
Noun
bathe (plural bathes)
(British, colloquial) The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.
Anagrams
• beath, behat
Source: Wiktionary
Bathe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bathed (p. pr. & vb. n. Bathing.] Etym:
[OE. ba, AS. ba, fr. bæ bath. See 1st Bath, and cf. Bay to bathe.]
1. To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.
Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus. South.
2. To lave; to wet. "The lake which bathed the foot of the Alban
mountain." T. Arnold.
3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.
And let us bathe our hands in Cæsar's blood. Shak.
4. To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe the eye
with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's forehead with
camphor.
5. To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed.
"The rosy shadows bathe me. " Tennyson. "The bright sunshine bathing
all the world." Longfellow.
Bathe, v. i.
1. To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths. "They bathe in
summer." Waller.
2. To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath. "To bathe in fiery
floods." Shak. "Bathe in the dimples of her cheek." Lloyd.
3. To bask in the sun. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Bathe, n.
Definition: The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual
bathe. Edin. Rev.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition