bathe

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
2. (intransitive) To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
3. (transitive) To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.
4. (transitive) To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.
5. (figuratively, intransitive, transitive) To cover or surround.
6. (intransitive) To sunbathe.

Noun

The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.

Synonyms

wash

🧽

take a bath

bath

🛀

swim

🏊

wash oneself

shower

🚿

have a bath

cleanse

lave

clean

bathing

rinse

water

🚰

anoint

dive

sprinkle

give a bath

give drink

cloak

washing

submerge

veil

mantle

mask

😷

drape

douche

disguise

cap

dip

curtain

canopy

bathroom

cover

confine

cake

🍰

conceal

hem in

clothe

broadcast

baptise

close in

grow over

gird

close

block out

have a wash

flood

hold in

immerse

flash

Translations

bañar

baden

baigner

se baigner

bañarse

bagnarsi

fare il bagno

bagnare

🛀

baden

se laver

laver

🧽

banhar

banyar

tomar banho

Pronounced as (IPA)

/beɪð/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bathen

Inherited from Old English: baþian

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: boadje

Cognate with Dutch: baden

Cognate with German: baden

Cognate with Danish: bade

Cognate with Swedish: bada

Cognate with Icelandic: baða

In summary

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.