Definition of bathes in English

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Noun Plural: bathes
bathe - the act of swimming; "the Englishman said he had a good bathe"
		swim, swimming the act of swimming; "it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool"
Verb bathes, bathing, bathed
bathe - clean one's body by immersion into water; "The child should bathe every day"
		bath
		cleanse, clean clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"
		foment bathe with warm water or medicated lotions; "His legs should be fomented"
bathe - cleanse the entire body; "bathe daily"
		cleanse, clean clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"
		shower take a shower; wash one's body in the shower; "You should shower after vigorous exercise"
bathe - suffuse with or as if with light; "The room was bathed in sunlight"
		enfold, envelop, enwrap, enclose, wrap enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house"

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bathe (Noun)
The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.
bathe (Verb)
To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
bathe (Verb)
To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
bathe (Verb)
To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
bathe (Verb)
To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.
bathe (Verb)
To sunbathe.

bathe (v. t.)
To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.
bathe (v. t.)
To lave; to wet.
bathe (v. t.)
To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.
bathe (v. t.)
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.
bathe (v. t.)
To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed.
bathe (v. i.)
To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths.
bathe (v. i.)
To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath.
bathe (v. i.)
To bask in the sun.
bathe (n.)
The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual bathe.

bathe
Submerging of the body into water either for washing or for recreation.
bathe
To immerse oneself in a liquid.
bathe
To clean oneself by immersion in water.

bathe
bāth, v.t. to wash as in a bath: to wash or moisten with any liquid: to moisten, suffuse, encompass.—v.i. to take a bath.—n. the act of taking a bath.—ns. Bath′ing-box, a box for bathers to undress and dress in; Bath′ing-machine′, a small carriage in which a bather may be carried out into water conveniently deep for bathing. [A.S. bathian; Old High Ger. badôn, bathôn (Ger. baden).]