When you bathe, you wash yourself. A cat bathes itself by licking its fur with a rough tongue. If you're human, don't try that technique.
To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.
Noun
the act of swimming; "the Englishman said he had a good bathe"
Verb
cleanse the entire body; "bathe daily"
Verb
clean one''s body by immersion into water; "The child should bathe every day"
Verb
suffuse with or as if with light; "The room was bathed in sunlight"
v. t.
To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.
v. t.
To lave; to wet.
v. t.
To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person
immersed.
v. i.
To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths.
v. i.
To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath.
v. i.
To bask in the sun.
n.
The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual
bathe.
Bathe
Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus.2.
And let us bathe our hands in C'91sar's blood.4.
Bathe
Bathe
To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.
To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths.
The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual bathe.
Usage Examples
To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by.
We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe work is with me when I wake up in the morning it is with me while I eat my breakfast in bed and run through the newspaper, while I shave and bathe and dress.
It's the contemporary woman that movies don't know what to do with, other than bathe her in a bridal glow in romantic comedies where both the romance and the comedy are artificial sweeteners.
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