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bathe

Pronunciation: /beɪð/

The English word “bathe” has 7 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
  2. To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
  3. To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.
  4. To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.
  5. To cover or surround.
  6. To sunbathe.

noun

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

Etymology

From Middle English bathen, from Old English baþian (“to bathe, wash”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþōn, from Proto-Germanic *baþōną (“to bathe”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian boadje (“to bathe”), Dutch baden (“to bathe”), German Low German baden (“to bathe”), German baden (“to bathe”), Danish bade (“to bathe”), Swedish bada (“to bathe”), Icelandic…

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