'Bathe' definitions:
Definition of 'bathe'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of swimming; "the Englishman said he had a good bathe"
verb
Cleanse the entire body; "bathe daily"
verb
Suffuse with or as if with light; "The room was bathed in sunlight"
verb
Clean one's body by immersion into water; "The child should bathe every day" [syn: bathe, bath]
Definition of 'Bathe'
From: GCIDE
- Bathe \Bathe\, v. i.
- 1. To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths. "They bathe in summer." --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To bask in the sun. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bathe'
From: GCIDE
- Bathe \Bathe\, n. The immersion of the body in water; as, to take one's usual bathe. --Edin. Rev. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bathe'
From: GCIDE
- Bathe \Bathe\ (b[=a][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bathed (b[=a][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Bathing.] [OE. ba[eth]ien, AS. ba[eth]ian, fr. b[ae][eth] bath. See 1st Bath, and cf. Bay to bathe.]
- 1. To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath. [1913 Webster]
- Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To lave; to wet. "The lake which bathed the foot of the Alban mountain." --T. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid. [1913 Webster]
- And let us bathe our hands in C[ae]sar's blood. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bathe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aquaplaning,
- aquatics,
- Australian crawl,
- backstroke,
- balneation,
- bandage,
- baptize,
- bath,
- bathing,
- breaststroke,
- brew,
- butterfly,
- care for,
- cold shower,
- crawl,
- cure,
- diagnose,
- dive,
- diving,
- doctor,
- dog paddle,
- douche,
- douse,
- drench,
- drouk,
- fin,
- Finnish bath,
- fishtail,
- flapper,
- flipper,
- float,
- floating,
- flush,
- flush out,
- flux,
- gargle,
- give care to,
- go in swimming,
- go in wading,
- heal,
- hip bath,
- holystone,
- hummum,
- imbrue,
- imbue,
- impregnate,
- infiltrate,
- infuse,
- inject,
- irrigate,
- Japanese bath,
- lap,
- lather,
- launder,
- lave,
- leach,
- lip,
- lixiviate,
- macerate,
- massage,
- minister to,
- mop,
- mop up,
- natation,
- needle bath,
- nurse,
- operate on,
- percolate,
- permeate,
- physic,
- plaster,
- plunge bath,
- poultice,
- purge,
- remedy,
- rinse,
- rinse out,
- ritually immerse,
- rub,
- Russian bath,
- saturate,
- sauna,
- sauna bath,
- scour,
- scrub,
- scrub up,
- seethe,
- shampoo,
- shower,
- shower bath,
- sidestroke,
- sitz bath,
- skinny-dip,
- sluice,
- sluice out,
- soak,
- soap,
- sodden,
- sop,
- souse,
- splint,
- sponge,
- sponge bath,
- steep,
- strap,
- surfboarding,
- surfing,
- swab,
- sweat bath,
- Swedish bath,
- swim,
- swimming,
- syringe,
- toivel,
- tread water,
- treading water,
- treat,
- tub,
- Turkish bath,
- wade,
- wading,
- wash,
- wash out,
- wash up,
- waterlog,
- waterskiing,
- whirlpool bath
Words containing 'Bathe'
- Bath,
- Bath, ME,
- Bathed,
- Bathing,
- Baths,
- Bath County,
- Bath brick,
- Bath chair,
- Bath house,
- Bath metal,
- Bath note,
- Bath sponge,
- Bath stone,
- Bath, IL,
- Bath, KY,
- Bath, NC,
- Bath, NY,
- Bath, PA,
- Bath, VA,
- Bath, WV,
- Bathing machine,
- Douche bath,
- Earth bath,
- Mud bath,
- Nauheim bath,
- Order of the Bath,
- Plunge bath,
- Russian bath,
- Sand bath,
- Shower bath,
- Sitz bath,
- Sun bath,
- Sweating bath,
- Turkish bath,
- Vapor bath,
- Venus's bath,
- Water bath,
- air bath,
- bath asparagus,
- bath linen,
- bath mat,
- bath mitzvah,
- bath oil,
- bath powder,
- bath salts,
- bath soap,
- bath towel,
- bath water,
- bathing beauty,
- bathing cap,
- bathing costume,
- bathing suit,
- bathing trunks,
- bathing tub,
- bubble bath,
- hip bath,
- sea bathing,
- sponge bath,
- steam bath,
- stop bath,
- sun bathing,
- sweat bath,
- swimming bath,
- vapour bath,
- whirlpool bath,
- Bath County, KY,
- Bath County, VA,
- Egyptian bath sponge,
- bath-towel,
- short-stop bath