I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a swimming/bathing cap
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A swimming cap will stop you getting your hair wet.
bask/bathe in the glory of sth (= enjoy the fame and admiration you get )
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Challenor basked in the glory of his achievement.
bathing cap
bathing costume
bathing suit
bathing trunks
clean/bathe a wound
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She finished cleaning the wound and began bandaging the arm.
sth is bathed in light literary (= something has a lot of light shining on it )
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The fields and woods were bathed in golden light.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
child
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The mid-afternoon sun was still unseasonably warm, and there were children bathing in the sea.
face
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I bathed my face with water and felt hot fingers beginning to tickle my back.
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He bathed his face in the fountain of her body liquid, and filled his mouth to capacity.
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She soaped her neck and armpits, scrubbed her back with a loofah and bathed her face .
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You would not dream of not bathing , washing your face , or washing your hair.
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She took trouble with her hair, and bathed her face regularly in cold water before rubbing it well with the towel.
light
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Golden morning light bathed the apartment as she slipped into a gentle sleep.
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Inside, fresh flowers brighten every table and Deco-style light fixtures bathe the room in a soft copper glow.
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No golden light bathed the red brick of the house.
sunshine
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Below her window the courtyard was in deep shadow, but to her left the garden was bathed in new-minted sunshine .
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Ashley gazed out of the car window at the countryside which was bathed in September sunshine .
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The Markt was bathed in spring sunshine , and everywhere looked so clean and pristine as befitted the fine morning.
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As we spoke it was bathed in warm afternoon sunshine .
sweat
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I was bathed in a cold sweat .
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I get bathed in sweat with the least exertion.
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They make the skin crawl like it is on fire, even as it is bathed in sweat .
water
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Martha put him in a tub of hot water , and bathed his head and shoulders with a cloth.
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The water in which they bathed was salty, not fresh.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bask/bathe in sb's/sth's (reflected) glory
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A less ambitious painter would have been content merely to bask in the glory that his canvases had earned him.
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And, on occasions like last Sunday's Baftas, bathe in reflected glory . % % % Overreaction?
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His boss sat on the forty-first floor and was still basking in the reflected glory of his minion.
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I certainly don't want to bask in any reflected glory .
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Nigel went on for years basking in the glory of his first book.
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She would have basked in the reflected glory of their marriages; she could have boasted of her sons-in-law for ever more.
bathing/jogging etc suit
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A more natural line evolved as bathing suit and fabric technology was improved to push, pull and lift invisibly.
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Babur puts on his new bathing suit and shows off.
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I shower and lay out all seven bathing suits on the bed and try to picture myself in one in particular.
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Seeing Felix resignedly pick up his towel and bathing suit , Mabs and Tashie rushed behind a rock to change.
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She got into her old pink jogging suit and her sneakers.
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She was looking very pretty in her bathing suit , her hair still damp from swimming.
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There they were, those pretty young girls all in a row, wearing standardized bathing suits , glamour gowns and smiles.
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They have doctorates in education, and pace the halls in jogging suits .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A nurse bathed her feet in medicine.
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Brenda bathed and changed the baby.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And Jay would bathe in a glow of wonder that another human being could move her so.
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By most people's standards Marilyn Monroe was fairly uninhibited; bathing infrequently, and belching and farting with carefree abandon.
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Dozens of families lived in each building, shared toilets with neighbors and bathed in the kitchens.
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I have wrongly criticized you for bathing in the front hall.
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In the distance the pine-clad hills were bathed in a pale wash of greenish-purple light.
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Sunlight streamed in from the windows above the gallery, bathing the polished panels of the walls in a warm glow.
II. noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bask/bathe in sb's/sth's (reflected) glory
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A less ambitious painter would have been content merely to bask in the glory that his canvases had earned him.
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And, on occasions like last Sunday's Baftas, bathe in reflected glory . % % % Overreaction?
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His boss sat on the forty-first floor and was still basking in the reflected glory of his minion.
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I certainly don't want to bask in any reflected glory .
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Nigel went on for years basking in the glory of his first book.
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She would have basked in the reflected glory of their marriages; she could have boasted of her sons-in-law for ever more.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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She did not flinch when he suggested a bathe .
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Tomorrow a bathe in the cold north sea and a hack out.