bathe
verb
[ beɪð ]
• wash by immersing one's body in water.
• "she was advised to bathe or shower daily"
• swim or spend time in the sea or a lake, river, or pool for pleasure.
• "occasionally I bathed in the lido swimming pool"
Similar:
swim,
go swimming,
take a dip,
dip,
splash around,
• suffuse or envelop in something.
• "the park lay bathed in sunshine"
Similar:
suffuse,
envelop,
permeate,
cover,
pervade,
wash,
saturate,
imbue,
fill,
load,
impregnate,
inform,
steep,
colour,
mantle,
bathe
noun
• an act or spell of swimming or spending time in the water.
• "a bathe in the cold North Sea"
Origin:
Old English bathian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German baden .
take a bath
• suffer a heavy financial loss.
• "even though we got stuck in a rotten gold market, our readers didn't take a bath"
