bathe

See also bathë

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /beɪð/, SAMPA: /beID/
• (US) enPR: bāth

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• Rhymes: -eɪð

Etymology

From Middle English bathen, from Old English baþian (“to bathe, wash”), from Proto-Germanic *baþōnan (“to bathe”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhe- (“to warm”). More at bath.

Verb

bathe (third-person singular simple present bathes, present participle bathing, simple past and past participle bathed)

1. (intransitive)To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
2. (intransitive)To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
3. (transitive)To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
4. (transitive)To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.

   She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.

   The nurse bathed his wound with a sponge.

   The incoming tides bathed the coral reef.

5. (figuratively)(transitive and intransitive) To cover or surround.

   The room was bathed in moonlight.

   A dense fog bathed the city streets.

   • 2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, BBC Sport:

     Although the encounter was bathed in sunshine, the match failed to reach boiling point but that will be of little concern to Gerard Houllier's team, who took a huge step forward before they face crucial matches against their relegation rivals.

6. (intransitive) To sunbathe.

   The women bathed in the sun.

Derived terms

• bather
• bathers ("swimsuit" in parts of Australia)
• sunbathe
• sunbather

Related terms

• bath

Translations

to clean oneself

French: prendre un bain (fr)

to immerse oneself in water

French: se baigner (fr)

to clean a person by immersion in water

French: faire prendre un bain, baigner (fr)

to apply water to

French: baigner (fr)

to cover or surround

French: baigner (fr)

to sunbathe — see sunbathe

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Albanian: bën banjë Arabic: استحم (ar) (istaHamma), اغتسل (ar) (ightasala) Armenian: լողանալ (hy) (loġanal) Bulgarian: къпя се (bg) (kǎpja se) Catalan: banyar (-se) Chinese: Mandarin: 沐浴 (cmn) (mùyù), 洗浴 (cmn) (xǐyù) Min Nan: 洗浴 (sé-i̍k, sué-i̍k) Czech: koupat se (cs) Danish: bade (da) Esperanto: (sin) bani Faroese: baða (fo) Finnish: kylpeä (fi) French: se baigner (fr) German: sich baden (de) Greenlandic: baaliarpoq (kl) Hebrew: התרחץ (he) (hitrakhéts) Hungarian: fürdik (hu) Icelandic: baða (is) Ido: balnar Indonesian: mandi (id)

Irish: folc (ga) Japanese: 浴びる (ja) (あびる, abiru) Kurdish: Sorani: خۆ شوشتن (ku) (kho shoshtin) Latin: lavo (la) Norwegian: Bokmål: bade (no) Nynorsk: bada (nn), bade (nn) Polish: kąpać się (pl) Portuguese: banhar (pt) Russian: купаться (ru) (kupát'sja) Serbo-Croatian: купати се (sh), kupati se (sh) Slovak: kúpať sa (sk) Slovene: kopati se (sl) Spanish: bañarse (es) Swahili: kuoga Swedish: bada (sv) Tagalog: maligo (tl) Telugu: స్నానించు (snaaniMchu), స్నానం చేయు (snaanaM chaeyu) Ukrainian: купатися (uk) (kupátysja)

Noun

bathe (plural bathes)

1. (UK, colloquial) The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.

   I'm going to have a midnight bathe tonight.

Translations

act of bathing

Belarusian: купанне (be) (kupánne) n. Danish: bad (da) n. Faroese: bað (fo) n. French: baignade (fr) f., (in compound words or expressions) bain (fr) m. German: Bad (de) n. Icelandic: bað (is) n.

Norwegian: bad (no) n. Russian: купание (ru) (kupánije) n. Serbo-Croatian: купање (sh) n., kupanje (sh) n. Swedish: bad (sv) n. Ukrainian: купання (uk) (kupánnja) n.