Definition of: bathe

(bāth) v. bathed, bath·ing v.t.
1. To place in liquid; immerse.
2. To wash; wet.
3. To apply liquid to for comfort or healing; lave.
4. To cover or suffuse as with liquid: The hill was bathed in rosy light.
—v.i.
5. To wash oneself; take a bath.
6. To go into or remain in water so as to swim or cool off.
7. To be covered or suffused as if with liquid.
—noun Brit. The act of bathing, as in the sea. [OE bathian]
—bathe′a·ble adjective
—bath′er noun