bathe

Universal Words verb, noun verb 1 [VN] to wash sth with water, especially a part of your body: Bathe the wound and apply a clean dressing. 2 (AmE) = BATH: [VN] Have you bathed the baby yet? * [V] I bathe every day. -< BATH 3 [V] (old-fashioned) to go swimming in the sea, a river, etc. for enjoyment seealsoSUNBATHE 4 [VN] ~ sth (in sth) (literary) to fill or cover sth with light: A full moon bathed the countryside in a silver light. noun [sing.] (BrE, formal) an act of swimming in the sea, a river, etc: to go for a bathe