bathed; bathing
2
: to wash in a liquid (such as water)
3
: to apply water or a liquid medicament to
4
: to flow along the edge of : lave
5
: to suffuse with or as if with light
1
British
: bath entry 1 sense 1
Examples of bathe in a Sentence
Verb
the cool waters of the North Atlantic bathe the island's shores
bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them
Noun
We went for a bathe in the sea.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Rat bites were a hazard, as were infections from bathing in seawater polluted by garbage and human waste.
—Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
More than 58,000 fans follow an Instagram account that shares snapshots of 399’s life — ambling through the grass with her babies, bathing with them, emerging from hibernation with snow speckled on her snout.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
The distance between them is also highlighted in the show's lighting, designed by Isabella Byrd, which bathes Romeo in soft blue colors and Juliet a gentle pink.
—EW.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Verb
From Bill Plaschke: The silent, somber Bronx suddenly was bathed in joyous dancing blue, a screaming scrum leaping and bouncing and hugging into history.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Rat bites were a hazard, as were infections from bathing in seawater polluted by garbage and human waste.
—Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
More than 58,000 fans follow an Instagram account that shares snapshots of 399’s life — ambling through the grass with her babies, bathing with them, emerging from hibernation with snow speckled on her snout.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
The distance between them is also highlighted in the show's lighting, designed by Isabella Byrd, which bathes Romeo in soft blue colors and Juliet a gentle pink.
—EW.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Bathe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bathe. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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bathe
1 of 2 verb
bathed; bathing
1
: to wash in a liquid (as water)
2
: to apply water or a liquid medicament to
bathe the eye with warm water
: to take a bath
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