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Verb
/bāT͟H/,
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bathed, past tense; bathed, past participle; bathing, present participle; bathes, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Wash by immersing one's body in water

  2. Spend time in the ocean or a lake, river, or swimming pool for pleasure

  3. Soak or wipe gently with liquid to clean or soothe
    • - she bathed and bandaged my knee
  4. Wash (someone) in a bath
    • - they bathed the baby
  5. Suffuse or envelop in something
    • - the park lay bathed in sunshine
    • - mussels bathed in garlic butter
  1. cleanse the entire body; "bathe daily"
  2. the act of swimming; "the Englishman said he had a good bathe"
  3. suffuse with or as if with light; "The room was bathed in sunlight"
  4. clean one's body by immersion into water; "The child should bathe every day"
  5. (bathing) immersing the body in water or sunshine
  6. (bathing) washup: the act of washing yourself (or another person)
  7. Bathing is the immersion of the body in a fluid, usually water or an aqueous solution. It may be practised for hygiene, religious or therapeutic purposes or as a recreational activity.
  8. (bathing) Designed for use whilst bathing
  9. (Bathing) An activity of daily living - Washing oneself by sponge bath, taking a shower, or taking a bath in a tub. This activity includes the task of getting into or out of the tub or shower.
  10. (BATHING) The need for relaxation / Cleansing old feelings; wanting to 'come clean' or be rid of guilt / Immersing yourself in something, becoming deeply involved or engrossed
  11. (BATHING) To dream that you bathe in the open air shows business ventures being successful, but the water is muddy or full of weeds this warns you to expect difficulties where employment and business are concerned. To undress to take a bath is a fortunate omen but only if you do not enter the water.
  12. (Bathing) A type of care behavior for birds. From The Birdwatcher's Companion "Almost all birds wet their feathers in some manner on a regular basis as part of their ritual of plumage maintenance. ...
  13. (Bathing) The action of applying thin transparent wash within fragments in order to give dimension.
  14. (Bathing) means the ability to wash oneself completely in a tub, a shower or by sponge bath; with or without the aid of equipment.
  15. (Bathing) was not practiced with any regularity by the mountain men.  In fact during the first half of the 1800’s, due to a lack of indoor plumbing and the time and effort required to heat water, few Americans, even in the cities, bathed with any regularity. ...
  16. Having your hair washed and your scalp massaged in our wet lounge.