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Definitions for: Bathe
[n] the act of swimming; "the Englishman said he had a good bathe"
[v] cleanse the entire body; "bathe daily"
[v] clean one's body by immersion into water; "The child should take a bath every day"
[v] suffuse with or as if with light; "The room was bathed in sunlight"
Webster (1913) Definition: Bathe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bathed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Bathing.] [OE. ba?ien, AS. ba?ian, fr. b[ae]? bath. See 1st
Bath, and cf. Bay to bathe.]
1. To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.
Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus.
--South.
2. To lave; to wet. ``The lake which bathed the foot of the
Alban mountain.'' --T. Arnold.
3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.
And let us bathe our hands in C[ae]sar's blood.
--Shak.
4. To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe
the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's
forehead with camphor.
5. To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person
immersed. ``The rosy shadows bathe me. '' --Tennyson.
``The bright sunshine bathing all the world.''
--Longfellow.
Bathe, v. i.
1. To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths. ``They bathe
in summer.'' --Waller.
2. To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath. ``To bathe
in fiery floods.'' --Shak. ``Bathe in the dimples of her
cheek.'' --Lloyd.
3. To bask in the sun. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Bathe, n.
The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual
bathe. --Edin. Rev.
Synonyms: bath
See Also: clean, cleanse, enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, foment, shower, swim, swimming, wrap
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