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bathe
batheto take or give a bath: bathe the baby; to go swimming: bathe at the seashore Not to be confused with:bath – water used for washing or soaking the body: taking a bath; a liquid in which something is dippedbathe B0111700 (bāth)v. bathed, bath·ing, bathes v.intr.1. To take a bath.2. To go into the water for swimming or other recreation.3. To become immersed in or as if in liquid.4. To sunbathe.v.tr.1. To immerse in liquid; wet.2. To wash in a liquid.3. To apply a liquid to for healing or soothing purposes: bathed the wound with iodine.4. To seem to wash or pour over; suffuse: a room that was bathed in sunlight. [Middle English bathen, from Old English bathian.] bath′er n.bathe (beɪð) vb1. (intr) to swim or paddle in a body of open water or a river, esp for pleasure2. (Medicine) (tr) to apply liquid to (skin, a wound, etc) in order to cleanse or soothe3. to immerse or be immersed in a liquid: to bathe machine parts in oil. 4. chiefly US and Canadian to wash in a bath5. (tr; often passive) to suffuse: her face was bathed with radiance. 6. (tr) (of water, the sea, etc) to lap; wash: waves bathed the shore. nBrit a swim or paddle in a body of open water or a river[Old English bathian; related to Old Norse batha, Old High German badōn] ˈbather nbathe (beɪð) v. bathed, bath•ing, n. v.t. 1. to immerse in water or some other liquid, as for cleansing or refreshment. 2. to give a bath to; wash. 3. to moisten or suffuse with any liquid. 4. to apply water or other liquid to: to bathe a wound. 5. to wash over or against, as by the action of the sea. 6. to cover or surround: sunlight bathing the room. v.i. 7. to take a bath or sunbath. 8. to swim for pleasure. 9. to be covered or surrounded as if with water. n. 10. Brit. an act of bathing; swim. [before 1000; Middle English bath(i)en, Old English bathian, derivative of bæth bath1] bath•er, n. bath batheBath and bathe both have the -ing participle bathing and the past tense and -ed participle bathed. However, these are pronounced differently, depending on which of the two verbs they are associated with. Bathing and bathed are pronounced as follows: - /'bɑːθɪŋ/ and /bɑːθt/ when they relate to bath
- /'beɪðɪŋ/ and /beɪðd/ when they relate to bathe.
1. 'bath'If you bath someone, you wash them in a long rectangular container The nurse will show you how to bath the baby.Don't say that people bath themselves. You say that someone has a bath or takes a bath. I'm going to have a bath.She took a long hot bath.Bath is not a verb in American English. Americans use bathe (see the next section). 2. 'bathe'American speakers sometimes say that people bathe /beɪð/. I went back to my apartment to bathe and change.In both British and American English, if you bathe a cut or wound, you wash it. He bathed the cuts on her feet.In formal or old-fashioned British English, when someone bathes, they swim or play in a lake or river or in the sea. It is dangerous to bathe in the sea here.3. 'go swimming'In modern English, you usually say that someone goes swimming or goes for a swim. American speakers sometimes say that someone takes a swim. Let's go for a swim.I went down to the ocean and took a swim.bathe Past participle: bathed Gerund: bathing
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I bathe | you bathe | he/she/it bathes | we bathe | you bathe | they bathe |
Preterite |
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I bathed | you bathed | he/she/it bathed | we bathed | you bathed | they bathed |
Present Continuous |
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I am bathing | you are bathing | he/she/it is bathing | we are bathing | you are bathing | they are bathing |
Present Perfect |
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I have bathed | you have bathed | he/she/it has bathed | we have bathed | you have bathed | they have bathed |
Past Continuous |
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I was bathing | you were bathing | he/she/it was bathing | we were bathing | you were bathing | they were bathing |
Past Perfect |
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I had bathed | you had bathed | he/she/it had bathed | we had bathed | you had bathed | they had bathed |
Future |
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I will bathe | you will bathe | he/she/it will bathe | we will bathe | you will bathe | they will bathe |
Future Perfect |
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I will have bathed | you will have bathed | he/she/it will have bathed | we will have bathed | you will have bathed | they will have bathed |
Future Continuous |
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I will be bathing | you will be bathing | he/she/it will be bathing | we will be bathing | you will be bathing | they will be bathing |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been bathing | you have been bathing | he/she/it has been bathing | we have been bathing | you have been bathing | they have been bathing |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been bathing | you will have been bathing | he/she/it will have been bathing | we will have been bathing | you will have been bathing | they will have been bathing |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been bathing | you had been bathing | he/she/it had been bathing | we had been bathing | you had been bathing | they had been bathing |
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I would bathe | you would bathe | he/she/it would bathe | we would bathe | you would bathe | they would bathe |
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I would have bathed | you would have bathed | he/she/it would have bathed | we would have bathed | you would have bathed | they would have bathed | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | bathe - the act of swimming; "the Englishman said he had a good bathe"swim, swimming - the act of swimming; "it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool" | Verb | 1. | bathe - cleanse the entire body; "bathe daily"shower - take a shower; wash one's body in the shower; "You should shower after vigorous exercise"cleanse, clean - clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner" | | 2. | bathe - suffuse with or as if with light; "The room was bathed in sunlight"enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap - enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house" | | 3. | bathe - clean one's body by immersion into water; "The child should bathe every day"bathfoment - bathe with warm water or medicated lotions; "His legs should be fomented"cleanse, clean - clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner" |
batheverb1. swim, dip, go swimming, take a dip small ponds for the birds to bathe in2. wash, clean, bath, soap, shower, soak, cleanse, scrub, tub, sponge, rinse, scrub down, lave (archaic) Back home, Shirley plays with, feeds and bathes the baby.3. cleanse, clean, wash, soak, rinse She paused long enough to bathe her blistered feet.4. cover, flood, steep, engulf, immerse, overrun, permeate, suffuse, wash over The arena was bathed in warm sunshine.noun1. (Brit.) swim, plunge, dip, paddle, dook (Scot.) an early-morning bathebatheverb1. To make moist:dampen, moisten, wash, wet.2. To flow against or along:lap, lave, lip, wash.Translationsbathe (beiθ) verb1. to put into water. He bathed his feet; I'll bathe your wounds. 把...浸泡在水中 把...沉浸在液体中2. to go swimming. She bathes in the sea every day. 游泳 游泳 noun an act of swimming. a midnight bathe. 游泳,戲水 游泳ˈbather noun 泡澡或游泳(戲水)的人 洗澡的人,游泳者 ˈbathing noun 泡澡,游泳,戲水 游泳,沐浴 bathe
bathe in1. Literally, to wash a person or thing in something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "bathe" and "in." I have such fond memories of bathing my newborn daughter in our kitchen sink. If you burned your fingers, bathe them in cold water.2. To cover with a substance, typically an intangible one (such as light). When we turned on our Christmas lights, our house was bathed in bright colors. I love laying on the beach and bathing in the sunlight.See also: bathebathe in reflected gloryTo experience or enjoy fame only through one's association with a famous or successful person. As the sister of the superstar, for years she bathed in reflected glory, until she finally got her own shot at fame.See also: bathe, glory, reflectbask in reflected gloryTo experience or enjoy fame only through one's association with a famous or successful person. As the sister of the superstar, for years she basked in reflected glory, until she finally got her own shot at fame.See also: bask, glory, reflectbathe someone or something in something 1. Lit. to cleanse someone or something in something; to coat someone or something all over with some liquid. (In a container of liquid or the liquid itself.) She bathed the baby in warm water. Liz bathed her injured hand in cold water. She bathed herself in the warm spring water and took a long nap under a tree. 2. Fig. to blanket or spread over someone or something, as with light, vapor, color, etc. The candles bathed her in a soft glow. The red of the sunset bathed the trees in an eerie light.See also: bathebathe/bask in reflected ˈglory get attention and fame not because of something you have done but through the success of somebody else connected to you: She wasn’t happy to bathe in the reflected glory of her daughter’s success, as she wanted to succeed on her own.See also: bask, bathe, glory, reflectEncyclopediaSeeBathingbathe
bathe verb To wash by immersion; to subject to a bath.bathe
Synonyms for batheverb swimSynonyms- swim
- dip
- go swimming
- take a dip
verb washSynonyms- wash
- clean
- bath
- soap
- shower
- soak
- cleanse
- scrub
- tub
- sponge
- rinse
- scrub down
- lave
verb cleanseSynonyms- cleanse
- clean
- wash
- soak
- rinse
verb coverSynonyms- cover
- flood
- steep
- engulf
- immerse
- overrun
- permeate
- suffuse
- wash over
noun swimSynonymsSynonyms for batheverb to make moistSynonymsverb to flow against or alongSynonymsSynonyms for bathenoun the act of swimmingRelated Wordsverb cleanse the entire bodyRelated Wordsverb suffuse with or as if with lightRelated Words- enclose
- enfold
- envelop
- enwrap
- wrap
verb clean one's body by immersion into waterSynonymsRelated Words |