Thesaurus: bathe

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1. v. t. To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.
2. v. t. To lave; to wet.
3. v. t. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.
4. v. t. To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's forehead with camphor.
5. v. t. To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed.
6. v. i. To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths.
7. v. i. To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath.
8. v. i. To bask in the sun.
9. n. The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual bathe.
10. n. the act of swimming for pleasure or recreation
11. v. cleanse the entire body
12. v. suffuse or envelope with something