bathe

Definitions


[beɪð], (Verb)

Definitions:
- wash by immersing one's body in water
(e.g: she was advised to bathe or shower daily)

- swim or spend time in the sea or a lake, river, or pool for pleasure
(e.g: occasionally I bathed in the lido swimming pool)

- suffuse or envelop in something
(e.g: the park lay bathed in sunshine)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English bathian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German baden


[beɪð], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act or spell of swimming or spending time in the water
(e.g: a bathe in the cold North Sea)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English bathian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German baden




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