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bathe

verb

1 she bathed and went down to dinner:

have/take a bath, wash, clean, soak, shower, douche;

British bath;

literary lave;

formal or humorous perform one's ablutions.

2 his arm was bathed and the wound was lanced:

cleanse, clean, wash, rinse, wet, moisten;

soak, immerse;

disinfect.

3 North American they bathed the baby:

give ... a bath, wash, clean, soak, douche, soap;

British bath;

literary lave.

4 mainly British occasionally I bathed in the local swimming pool:

swim, go swimming, take a dip, dip, splash around.

5 the room was suddenly bathed in light:

suffuse, envelop, permeate, cover, pervade, wash, saturate, imbue, fill, load, impregnate, inform, steep, colour;

literary mantle.

noun

British

we would lie together in the sun after a bathe:

swim, dip, dive, plunge, paddle.

bathe Oxford Dictionary of English