BATHE


Meaning of BATHE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ beɪð ]

( bathes, bathing, bathed)

1.

If you bathe in a sea, river, or lake, you swim, play, or wash yourself in it. Birds and animals can also bathe . ( mainly BRIT FORMAL )

The police have warned the city’s inhabitants not to bathe in the polluted river.

VERB : V prep / adv , also V

Bathe is also a noun.

Fifty soldiers were taking an early morning bathe in a nearby lake.

N-SING : usu a N

• bath‧ing

Nude bathing is not allowed.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

When you bathe , you have a bath. ( AM; also BRIT FORMAL )

At least 60% of us now bathe or shower once a day.

= bath

VERB : V

3.

If you bathe someone, especially a child, you wash them in a bath. ( AM; also BRIT FORMAL )

Back home, Shirley plays with, feeds and bathes the baby.

= bath

VERB : V n

4.

If you bathe a part of your body or a wound, you wash it gently or soak it in a liquid.

Bathe the infected area in a salt solution...

VERB : V n

5.

If a place is bathed in light, it is covered with light, especially a gentle, pleasant light.

The arena was bathed in warm sunshine...

The lamp behind him seems to bathe him in warmth.

VERB : be V-ed in n , V n in n , also V n

6.

see also sunbathe

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