bathe
/beɪð/ verb B1- To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
- To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
- To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath. · We bathe our baby before going to bed; other parents do it in the morning if they have time.
- To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid. · She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.· The nurse bathed his wound with a sponge.
- To cover or surround. · The room was bathed in moonlight.· A dense fog bathed the city streets.
- To sunbathe. · The women bathed in the sun.
He/she/it bathes · Past bathed · Past participle bathed · -ing form bathing
Verb forms
- Base form
- bathe
- He/she/it
- bathes
- Past
- bathed
- Past participle
- bathed
- -ing form
- bathing
From the library
They left the cottage and walked through the trees until they found a little spring of clear water, where Dorothy drank and bathed and ate her breakfast.
When it was daylight, the girl bathed her face in a little rippling brook, and soon after they all started toward the Emerald City.
## The Boy Bathing
A BOY bathing in a river was in danger of being drowned.
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