bathed; bathing
2
: to wash in a liquid (such as water)
3
: to apply water or a liquid medicament to
4
: to flow along the edge of : lave
5
: to suffuse with or as if with light
1
British
: bath entry 1 sense 1
Examples of bathe in a Sentence
Verb
the cool waters of the North Atlantic bathe the island's shores
bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them
Noun
We went for a bathe in the sea.
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Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
That meant walking, dressing, toileting, eating, bathing, and getting in and out of bed onto a chair.
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The Grand Palais is magical—you’re bathed in light and in art history.
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The beloved banana slug becomes California’s official state slug
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Verb
As day turns to dusk and then nighttime, the suffused daylight outside gives way to the firefly-like flicker of passing headlights, while inside the room is bathed in light from a huge TV screen on one wall.
—Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
That meant walking, dressing, toileting, eating, bathing, and getting in and out of bed onto a chair.
—Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The Grand Palais is magical—you’re bathed in light and in art history.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2024
The beloved banana slug becomes California’s official state slug
Unlike cats, dogs don’t really bathe themselves.
—Lisa Bloch, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
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bathe
1 of 2 verb
bathed; bathing
1
: to wash in a liquid (as water)
2
: to apply water or a liquid medicament to
bathe the eye with warm water
: to take a bath
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