bathed; bathing
2
: to wash in a liquid (such as water)
3
: to apply water or a liquid medicament to
4
: to flow along the edge of : lave
5
: to suffuse with or as if with light
1
British
: bath entry 1 sense 1
Examples of bathe in a Sentence
Verb
the cool waters of the North Atlantic bathe the island's shores
bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them
Noun
We went for a bathe in the sea.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2024
On a warm night in San Francisco earlier this week, Elon Musk stood on top of a small round coffee table, bathed in purple light.
—Richard Nieva, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Daphne Guinness, Amanda Harlech, Renzo Rosso, French singer Lucky Love — and perhaps Galliano himself, Margiela reps teased — piled into the Cinema Balzac, whose plush red seats and red curtains were bathed in red light.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 1 Oct. 2024
Showering and bathing in hot water produces humidity.
—Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2024
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Verb
The sequences out of The Perfect Stranger all begin and end with an iris shot, and the sky in most of the outdoor scenes is bathed in light so artificial-looking, some of it is practically a watercolor painting(*).
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2024
On a warm night in San Francisco earlier this week, Elon Musk stood on top of a small round coffee table, bathed in purple light.
—Richard Nieva, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Daphne Guinness, Amanda Harlech, Renzo Rosso, French singer Lucky Love — and perhaps Galliano himself, Margiela reps teased — piled into the Cinema Balzac, whose plush red seats and red curtains were bathed in red light.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 1 Oct. 2024
Showering and bathing in hot water produces humidity.
—Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Bathe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bathe. Accessed 21 Oct. 2024.
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bathe
1 of 2 verb
bathed; bathing
1
: to wash in a liquid (as water)
2
: to apply water or a liquid medicament to
bathe the eye with warm water
: to take a bath
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