English Explanatory Dictionary

bathe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
  2. To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
  3. To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.
  4. To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.
  5. To cover or surround.
  6. To sunbathe.
noun
  1. The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.

Pronunciation

bāth /beɪð/ en-us-bathe.ogg /beð/ /bɑð/

Word forms

bathe bathes bathing bathed

Etymology

From Middle English bathen, from Old English baþian (“to bathe, wash”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþōn, from Proto-Germanic *baþōną (“to bathe”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian boadje (“to bathe”), Dutch baden (“to bathe”), German Low German baden (“to bathe”), German baden (“to bathe”), Danish bade (“to bathe”), Swedish bada (“to bathe”), Icelandic baða (“to bathe”). More at bath. Compare also bask.

Related words

bath

Derived words

batheable bather bathers bathing suit bebathe dustbathe embathe firebathe forbathe imbathe moonbathe overbathe rebathe sandbathe starbathe sunbathe sunbather
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