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Definition of bathe : 1. The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual bathe.
2. 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.
3. To bask in the sun.
4. To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths.
5. To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath.
6. To lave; to wet.
7. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.
8. To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed.
9. To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.

Synonyms:

bath, filter, soak, moisten, douche, illume, waterlog, clean up, souse, lave, wet, illumine, sodden, sop, focus, bathing, crawl, splash, bubble bath, delouse, soap, play, lighten, cannonball, dampen, ablutions, fade, dry, catch, water-soak, beacon, irradiate, the butterfly, backstroke, lap, decompression, bend, body odor, lip, water, light, drench, B.O., scrub, wash, breaststroke, belly flop, waver, emblaze, wet down, reflect, bedraggle

engulf, submerge, dip, flood, immerse, drown, wallow, dunk, sink, inundate, plunge, douse

Usage examples:

• Oh, yes, let us bathe our souls in nature, in fresh air, and space, and health. - "Footsteps of Fate", Louis Couperus.
• A few days after the arrival of Mrs. Belgrade, Arch took her down to the beach to bathe. - "The Fatal Glove", Clara Augusta Jones Trask.
• If one could not storm the stars in song one could bathe a weary brow. - "The Eagle's Heart", Hamlin Garland.