to bathe
- verb
- /beɪð/
- I urgently need to bathe and remove at least my veil and stockings.
- bathe and wash
- bathe in water
- feed and bathe
If you have dogs or kids, it's easier to bathe them in a tub.
- If you have dogs or kids, it's easier to bathe them in a tub.
- I was put in a sink to be bathed in the kitchen sink.
- I will be bathing, taking a hot shower, relaxing the mind.
- So she's having to sponge bathe because she cannot actually get in her tub.
- You know you have, you know you knew that we have not bathed for six months, you know we have not.
- Wow, a grown woman needed someone to help bathe her.
- How do I go to your apartment and ask to bathe and you don't have a single a damn clean towel?
- I've had pediatricians recommend putting breast milk in ears for ear infections and eyes to clear boogers and bathing them in it to help with eczema.
- Stillwater in the baths until the last person to bathe publicly died drowning.
Examples
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In my tribe, the young ones come here to bathe before their weddings.
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As one parent shared, "We feed and bathe the kids by the clock."
Academic text (2010) -
I shall bathe in it.
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If you have dogs or kids, it's easier to bathe them in a tub.
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And I want you to bathe him thoroughly.
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After dinner, he turned up the furnace and helped her bathe the baby.
Fiction book (1999) -
I have new robes and fresh water to bathe.
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Go and bathe yourselves.
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At dawn, the priestess would head down and bathe at the Castellian spring near the sanctuary.
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After a long day, I like to bathe in warm water to relax.
Synonyms
To clean something with water, often using soap
To wash your body under a spray of water
To wash and relax in a tub of warm water
To get into warm water to clean yourself or relax
To relax for a while in warm water in a bathtub
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How Clean
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Morphology
Etymology
Bathe (verb, wash) comes from Old English bæþian and is closely linked to bath and bathtub, with the basic sense 'to wash'. So to bathe is to wash your whole body in water for cleanliness or relaxation.