I. ˈbāth verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English bathen, from Old English bathian; akin to Old High German badōn to bathe, Old Norse batha, Old English bæth bath — more at bath
transitive verb
1. : to wash in water or another liquid especially for the purpose of cleanliness, refreshment, or health : give a bath to
shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water — Lev 15:5 (Revised Standard Version)
hurried upstairs to bathe the baby
2. : to moisten or suffuse with water or another liquid : wet
and let us bathe our hands in Caesar's blood — Shakespeare
3. : to apply water or a liquid medicament to
was advised to bathe the eye with warm water
4. : to touch in flowing : flow along the edge of : lave
the lake which bathed the foot of the Alban mountain — Thomas Arnold
5. : to suffuse with or as if with light : cover , overspread
the sunlight bathing the ragged lawn — Ellen Glasgow
the refulgent glow which bathes this story of an English mansion — John Barkham
intransitive verb
1. : to take a bath : bathe oneself
after dinner at the New York Café he bathed and dressed — Carson McCullers
2. : to swim for pleasure : go in bathing
he could bathe and lie in the sun for long hours — W.G.MacCallum
3. : to become suffused as if with water : become immersed or absorbed
our two ladies were privileged to bathe in those luscious strains each Sunday — Osbert Sitwell
II. noun
( -s )
1. Britain : bath I 1
a bathe in blood like that can change the world — H.J.Laski
2. Britain : swim , dip
you walk right out of the front door on to the sands and into the sea for a bathe — William Aspden