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bathe

bathe

1 2.0
A swim for pleasure in the sea or pool
  • noun
  • /beɪð/
translation icon : baño
  • What about ice bathing in the Norwegian Sea?

Examples

  • But if you ideally, you know, forest bathing is where this all came from.

  • I'd never seen a bird this large bathe.

    Blog text (22)
  • - Been for a bathe, darling?

  • "How do you do? Come and have a bathe."

  • Come and have a bathe!

  • And these are adorable because they're pink and they say beach bathe in gold.

  • I've been for a bathe with fay.

  • And I doubt that greasy-haired lad bathes once a year.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • They lured me out for a bathe, and then they dunked me, and trussed me up like a hog and turned me in for the bounty.

  • On hot summer days, many people enjoy a bathe in the cool sea.

Synonyms

bathing
vsbathe
136 1.0

Washing your body in water or sitting in the sun for cleanliness, relaxation and health

focuses on swimming or leisure rather than cleaning the body
sea bathing
vsbathe
1 3.2

An activity of swimming in the sea for pleasure or health

is similar but includes pools and other places for recreation

Antonyms

dry
791 1.0

Not wet or without any liquid

How Active

to dive
152 1.0
to swim
616 1.0
bathe
1 2.0
to wade
22 2.2

Surface Forms

bathe singular
bathes plural

Etymology

Bathe (noun) comes from old English words for bath, meaning a time spent in water for washing or pleasure, like a short swim or dip. So a 'bathe' can mean a swim or a visit to the sea or pool to enjoy the water.