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# bathe

«bathe» in Mova's school dictionary: **to wash yourself or someone else in a bath (more US; in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (bathe, bathes, bathed, bathing); noun (a bathe — UK, old-fashioned)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To bathe means to wash yourself or someone else in a bath (more US; in the UK people more often say «have a bath»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bathe/#m1)

2) To bathe a wound or your eyes is to wash them gently with water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bathe/#m2)

3) (UK) To bathe means to swim in the sea, a river or a lake for fun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bathe/#m3)

4) To be bathed in light means to be filled or covered with it: the room was bathed in sunlight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bathe/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, parents bathe babies and pet owners bathe dogs; in first aid, you bathe a cut or a sting with clean water. In stories and poems, a scene «bathed in moonlight» paints a soft, bright picture. In history, Romans bathed in public baths. In geography, beaches have «bathing water» quality signs. Phrases: «bathe the baby», «bathe a wound», «bathed in light», «bathing suit», «sunbathe».

### examples

- Mum bathed the baby before bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bathe/#x1)
- Bathe the cut with clean water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bathe/#x2)
- We bathed in the cold sea on Boxing Day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bathe/#x3)
- The garden was bathed in golden sunlight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bathe/#x4)
- The Romans bathed together in big public baths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bathe/#x5)
- Lizards sunbathe on warm rocks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bathe/#x6)
- 'I want to go down to the lake, and bathe,' said she. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bathe/#x7)

### note

Trap: «bathe» (verb, rhymes with "save", long a, soft th) vs «bath» (noun or UK verb, short a or "bahth"). UK: «I'll bath the baby» is also common. Forms: bathed, bathing (drop the e). «Bathing» can be from bathe ("BAYTH-ing") or from bath ("BAHTH-ing").

### In the corpora

- [Sports drinks are sugary and acidic, so sipping them slowly for hours bathes the teeth again and again and can cause decay.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/51-water-fizzy-drinks-and-sports-drinks/13/)
- [And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.431/)
- [And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.447/)
- [But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.510/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bathe» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bathe/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.