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Present participle for to make wet by soaking or dousing in water
“Bathe the chicken in the sauce and return it to a platter or transfer it to individual plates.”
Present participle for to soak or wipe gently with liquid to clean or soothe
“Bathe the wound three or four times a day in a carbolic lotion of one-half ounce carbolic acid mixed with one pint of soft water.”
Present participle for to clean oneself (or someone else) by immersion in water or using water
“No one ever taught me how to actually bathe a baby!”
Present participle for to swim or spend time in a body of water, typically for pleasure
“Then all the monkeys came to bathe, and as the hyena saw them bathe in the lake, he began to feel hungry.”
Present participle for to flow against or along
“Here it turns more to the eastward toward the banks of Newfoundland, thus allowing a cold current from the north to bathe the shores of Canada and the United States.”
Present participle for to suffuse or envelop in something
“Tim stepped through into the light and allowed its warmth to bathe him.”
Present participle for to illuminate with light
“The cathedral ceiling had skylights that would bathe the room in sunlight during the day.”
Present participle for to fill, infuse or pervade with something or a certain quality
Present participle for to rid of dirt or impurities
The act of washing
The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water
An act of cleaning or washing
An act or state of submerging something or someone in water or a liquid
A rite of purification by cleansing
An act of cleaning or purifying something
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