bathe
To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
Other meanings
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.”
Related words
- bather
- bebathe
- forbathe
- sunbathe
- bathing suit
- sunbather
- batheable
- dustbathe
- embathe
- firebathe
- imbathe
- moonbathe
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "baþian" (to bathe, wash).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “bathe” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.