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
By the cold candle, bathe and dress.
(Alice had been to the seaside once in her life, and had come to the general conclusion, that wherever you go to on the English coast you find a number of bathing machines in the sea, some children digging in the sand with wooden spades, then a row of lodging houses, and behind them a railway station.) However, she soon made out that she was in the pool of tears which she had wept when she was nine feet high.
He may have that stick still, but when he comes in to bathe in the morning he will not have a stick.
“A little sea-bathing would set me up for ever.”
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