bathe

verb

ˈbāt͟h How to pronounce bathe (audio)
Definition of bathenext
1
as in to wash
to flow along or against the cool waters of the North Atlantic bathe the island's shores

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2
as in to drown
to make wet bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them

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3
as in to illumine
to supply with light the walls of the canyon were bathed with the warm rays of the setting sun

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Recent Examples of bathe The long walk through the woods was followed by a circle meeting on the beach bathed in a spectacular orange-flow sunset, where people shared memories of Seman. — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026 MacInnes and Ghost had bathed together in a Sydney apartment after Ghost experienced a medical issue. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 July 2026 The dispute between the two actors centered on an incident in September 2023 when MacInnes and one of the film's producers went swimming at the city's Bondi Beach and subsequently bathed together. — Alasdair Pal, USA Today, 22 July 2026 Like most Korean spas, Spa Hyu offers hot and cold pools for bathing in the buff, with separate men’s and women’s soaking areas. — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for bathe
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bathe
  1. wash
  2. drown
  3. illumine
  4. wet
  5. illuminate
  6. water
  7. light
  8. flood
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  • This is illustrated by this video with two identical glasses, washed identically, with the same wine in both, and poured at the same time.
    — Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • Turn simple ingredients into a restaurant-worthy meal with just one pan to wash.
    — Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 26 July 2026
Definition of wash
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  • Authorities on Monday identified a man who drowned over the weekend off the Carlsbad coast.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2026
  • The fear is that those chains will keep coming, and eventually drown out places like Humaideh’s.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026
Definition of drown
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  • Fantastic, illumined by periodic excursions into surrealism, as when the crew of a mysterious UFO boards a transpacific Kahuna Airlines jet midflight.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Geraldine walked over to Felix and Jane’s for fish soup, through long autumn shadows in the park, haze rising like smoke from the grass, illumined by the low sun.
    — Tessa Hadley, New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2026
Definition of illumine
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  • Reduce irrigation to only once or twice a week to wet the soil to help control this problem.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2026
  • Then add a second layer of sand, sweep it into place, and wet it down.
    — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 July 2026
Definition of wet
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  • The Plant Humanities Initiative at Dumbarton Oaks seeks to explore histories like this one, illuminating the many ways that plants and people have shaped each other across time and place.
    — Kari Traylor, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2026
  • The artists here illuminate the ways every one of us is indebted to others.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of illuminate
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  • Some of the healthiest podocarpus seem to be kept on the dry side once established, and only watered during drier times of the year.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2026
  • Today, the Plaza Midwood Neighborhood Association budgets between $13,000 and $14,000 a year just to water and maintain the roughly 70 planters.
    — Josh Bergeron, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
Definition of water
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  • Strobe lights zigzag across the room and confetti rains down as Ruffin blasts a smoke cannon into the roaring crowd.
    — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
  • Deer Park’s screen is just a standard rectangle, lit by a single laser digital projector that can’t display the film’s full aspect ratio.
    — Lane Brown, Vulture, 25 July 2026
Definition of light
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  • In one image, a young sitter with the Arabic word for ‘justice’ painted on her cheek gazes sensuously into the camera, while flooding the frame with wafts of smoke.
    — Michael-Oliver Harding, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
  • As the midterm elections kick into gear after Labor Day, Americans’ social feeds will be flooded with political videos.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 27 July 2026
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