Word Study
bathe
CIDE DICTIONARY
- To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath. [1913 Webster]"Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus." [1913 Webster]
- To lave; to wet. T. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
- To moisten or suffuse with a liquid. [1913 Webster]"And let us bathe our hands in Cæsar's blood." [1913 Webster]
- To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's forehead with camphor. [1913 Webster]
- To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed. [1913 Webster]
bathe, v. i.
- To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths. Waller. [1913 Webster]
- To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath. [1913 Webster]
- To bask in the sun. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
bathe, n.
The immersion of the body in water; as, to take one's usual bathe. Edin. Rev. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
bathe
Australian crawl, Finnish bath, Japanese bath, Russian bath, Swedish bath, Turkish bath, aquaplaning, aquatics, backstroke, balneation, bandage, baptize, bath, bathing, breaststroke, brew, butterfly, care for, cold shower, crawl, cure, diagnose, dive, diving, doctor, dog paddle, douche, douse, drench, drouk, fin, fishtail, flapper, flipper, float, floating, flush, flush out, flux, gargle, give care to, go in swimming, go in wading, heal, hip bath, holystone, hummum, imbrue, imbue, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, inject, irrigate, lap, lather, launder, lave, leach, lip, lixiviate, macerate, massage, minister to, mop, mop up, natation, needle bath, nurse, operate on, percolate, permeate, physic, plaster, plunge bath, poultice, purge, remedy, rinse, rinse out, ritually immerse, rub, saturate, sauna, sauna bath, scour, scrub, scrub up, seethe, shampoo, shower, shower bath, sidestroke, sitz bath, skinny-dip, sluice, sluice out, soak, soap, sodden, sop, souse, splint, sponge, sponge bath, steep, strap, surfboarding, surfing, swab, sweat bath, swim, swimming, syringe, toivel, tread water, treading water, treat, tub, wade, wading, wash, wash out, wash up, waterlog, waterskiing, whirlpool bathROGET THESAURUS
bathe
Insertion
VB insert, introduce, intromit, put into, run into, import, inject, interject, infuse, instill, inoculate, impregnate, imbue, imbrue, graft, ingraft, bud, plant, implant, dovetail, obtrude, thrust in, stick in, ram in, stuff in, tuck in, press, in, drive in, pop in, whip in, drop in, put in, impact, empierce, imbed, immerse, immerge, merge, bathe, soak, dip, plunge, bury, insert itself, lodge itself, plunge in medias res.Plunge
VB plunge, dip, souse, duck, dive, plump, take a plunge, take a header, make a plunge, bathe, submerge, submerse, immerse, douse, sink, engulf, send to the bottom, get out of one's depth, go to the bottom, go down like a stone, drop like a lead balloon, founder, welter, wallow.Water
VB be watery, reek, add water, water, wet, moisten, dilute, dip, immerse, merge, immerge, submerge, plunge, souse, duck, drown, soak, steep, macerate, pickle, wash, sprinkle, lave, bathe, affuse, splash, swash, douse, drench, dabble, slop, slobber, irrigate, inundate, deluge, syringe, inject, gargle.For further exploring for "bathe" in Webster Dictionary Online
