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verb (used with object)
1.
to immerse (all or part of the body) in water or some other liquid, for cleansing, refreshment, etc.
2.
to wet; wash.
3.
to moisten or suffuse with any liquid.
4.
to apply water or other liquid to, with a sponge, cloth, etc.: to bathe a wound.
5.
EXPANDto wash over or against, as by the action of the sea, a river, etc.: incoming tides bathing the coral reef.
6.
COLLAPSEto cover or surround: a shaft of sunlight bathing the room; a morning fog bathing the city.
verb (used without object)
7.
to take a bath or sunbath.
8.
to swim for pleasure.
9.
to be covered or surrounded as if with water.
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bathe
O.E. baþian "to wash, lave, bathe" (trans. and intrans.), from root of bath (q.v.), with different vowel sound due to i-mutation.
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