bathe

verb (used with object), bathed, bath·ing.

1. to immerse (all or part of the body) in water or some other liquid, for cleansing, refreshment, etc.
2. to wet; wash.
3. to moisten or suffuse with any liquid.
4. to apply water or other liquid to, with a sponge, cloth, etc.: to bathe a wound.
5. to wash over or against, as by the action of the sea, a river, etc.: incoming tides bathing the coral reef.
6. to cover or surround: a shaft of sunlight bathing the room; a morning fog bathing the city.

verb (used without object), bathed, bath·ing.

7. to take a bath or sunbath.
8. to swim for pleasure.
9. to be covered or surrounded as if with water.

noun

10. British.
    1. the act of bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river.
    2. a swimming bath.

verb

1. (intr) to swim or paddle in a body of open water or a river, esp for pleasure
2. (tr) to apply liquid to (skin, a wound, etc) in order to cleanse or soothe
3. to immerse or be immersed in a liquidto bathe machine parts in oil
4. mainly US and Canadian to wash in a bath
5. (tr; often passive) to suffuseher face was bathed with radiance
6. (tr) (of water, the sea, etc) to lap; washwaves bathed the shore

noun

7. British a swim or paddle in a body of open water or a river

v.

Old English baþian “to wash, lave, bathe” (transitive and intransitive), from root of bath (q.v.), with different vowel sound due to i-mutation. Related: Bathed; bathing.