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Containing, soaked in, or covered in water
“She resembles a tender rose, bathed in morning dew.”
Damp or wet, typically from perspiration
Past tense 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.”
Past tense 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.”
Past tense 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!”
Past tense 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.”
Past tense 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.”
Past tense for to suffuse or envelop in something
“Tim stepped through into the light and allowed its warmth to bathe him.”
Past tense for to illuminate with light
“The cathedral ceiling had skylights that would bathe the room in sunlight during the day.”
Past tense for to fill, infuse or pervade with something or a certain quality
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