bathe | ||
1. | [ verb ] cleanse the entire body | |
Examples: | "bathe daily" |
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Related terms: | cleanse shower bather | |
2. | [ verb ] suffuse with or as if with light | |
Examples: | "The room was bathed in sunlight" |
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Related terms: | envelop | |
3. | [ verb ] clean one's body by immersion into water | |
Synonyms: | bath | |
Examples: | "The child should take a bath every day" |
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Related terms: | cleanse foment bathroom bathing bather | |
4. | [ noun ] (sport) the act of swimming | |
Examples: | "the Englishman said he had a good bathe" |
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Related terms: | swimming | |
Similar spelling: |
bath Batte bat battue Battie Battey Batt bate bait baht Bade bayat Batty Batie Batey Baity baeda Baade bateau baddie Bad |