bathe
The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a riverThe act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.
» I woke up bathed in sweat.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(UK, colloquial)The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.
I'm going to have a midnight bathe tonight.
Bad
купа́ниеkupánije
купа́нняkupánnja
the act of swimming for pleasure or recreation
Examples
111 sentencesI woke up bathed in sweat.
Tom bathed his feet in warm water.
You need to feed and bathe the baby.
At what age do children learn to bathe themselves?
I couldn't bathe myself.
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
From Middle English bathen, from Old English baþian (“to bathe, wash”), from Proto-West GeFrom Middle English bathen, from Old English baþian (“to bathe, wash”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþōn, from Proto-Germanic *baþōną (“to bathe”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian boadje (“to bathe”), Dutch baden (“to bathe”), German Low German baden (“to bathe”), German baden (“to bathe”), Danish bade (“to bathe”), Swedish bada (“to bathe”), Icelandic baða (“to bathe”). More at bath. Compare also bask.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source