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See also:bathë,Bathe,andBathé

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishbathen, fromOld Englishbaþian(“to bathe, wash”), fromProto-West Germanic*baþōn, fromProto-Germanic*baþōną(“to bathe”), fromProto-Indo-European*bʰeh₁-(“to warm”). Cognate withSaterland Frisianboadje(“to bathe”),Dutchbaden(“to bathe”),German Low Germanbaden(“to bathe”),Germanbaden(“to bathe”),Danishbade(“to bathe”),Swedishbada(“to bathe”),Icelandicbaða(“to bathe”). More atbath. Compare alsobask.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bathe (third-person singular simple presentbathes,present participlebathing,simple past and past participlebathed)

  1. (intransitive) To clean oneself byimmersion in water or using water; to take abath, have abath.
  2. (intransitive) To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; toswim.
  3. (transitive) To clean a person byimmersion in water or using water; to give someone abath.
    Webathe our baby before going to bed; other parents do it in the morning if they have time.
  4. (transitive) To apply water or other liquid to; tosuffuse or cover with liquid.
    Shebathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.
    The nursebathed his wound with a sponge.
    The incoming tidesbathed the coral reef.
    • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson],In Memoriam, London:Edward Moxon, […],→OCLC, Canto XXXII,page51:
      All subtle thought, all curious fears,
      ⁠Borne down by gladness so complete,
      ⁠She bows, shebathes the Saviour’s feet
      With costly spikenard and with tears.
    • 1956,Anthony Burgess,Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published1972, page22:
      Vorpal, eupeptically bubbling greetings,bathed a sausage in a swimming plate of sauce.
  5. (figuratively, transitive and intransitive) To cover orsurround.
    The room wasbathed in moonlight.
    A dense fogbathed the city streets.
    • 2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, inBBC Sport‎[1]:
      Although the encounter wasbathed 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) Tosunbathe.
    The womenbathed in the sun.

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Translations

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to clean oneself with water
to immerse oneself in water
to clean a person by immersion in water
to apply water to
to cover or surround
to sunbathe—seesunbathe
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Noun

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bathe (pluralbathes)

  1. (British, 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 midnightbathe tonight.
    • 1885, Mrs. Forrester, “Retribution”, inAlthough He Was a Lord and Other Tales (Collection of British Authors, Tauchnitz Edition; volume 2327), Leipzig:[Christian] Bernhard Tauchnitz,page140:
      I do not feel disposed to ask any questions, but devote myself entirely to the Governoress, who takes me over to the bathing-house in her boat. I have had mybathe, and am strolling along the sands, waiting for the Countess.

Translations

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act of bathing

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Determiner

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bathe

  1. (Northern)Alternative form ofbothe(“both”)

Pronoun

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bathe

  1. (Northern)Alternative form ofbothe(“both”)

Conjunction

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bathe

  1. (Northern)Alternative form ofbothe(“both”)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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bathe

  1. Alternative form ofbathen
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