bathe

To wash your body in water, especially in a bath.

• I bathe before bed.
• She bathed in warm water after work.
• Do you prefer to bathe in the morning?

Similar words: wash, take a bath

Common phrases: bathe in water, bathe every day, bathe before bed

To cover or surround someone or something, especially with light.

• Sunlight bathed the garden.
• The room was bathed in golden light.
• Moonlight bathed her face as she looked outside.

How to use it: be bathed in something (The valley was bathed in morning sunlight.)

Similar words: cover, envelop

Common phrases: bathe in light, bathe in sunlight, bathe in moonlight

To gently put water or another liquid on part of the body or another surface.

• Bathe the cut with clean water.
• She bathed his forehead with a damp cloth.
• He gently bathed his sore eyes.

How to use it: bathe something with something (She bathed the wound with water.)

Similar words: wash, rinse

Common phrases: bathe a wound, bathe the eyes, bathe with water

A short time spent swimming or washing in a sea, lake, or river.

• We had a bathe in the lake.
• A quick bathe helped us cool down.
• She enjoyed her morning bathe in the sea.

Similar words: swim, dip

Common phrases: have a bathe, morning bathe, quick bathe