bathe

B1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /beɪð/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like baize /ð/ vs /z/

Freq #9366

Meanings

1

verb
To wash yourself or someone else in water; to take a bath.

She bathes the baby every evening before bed.
2

verb
To gently wash a part of the body with liquid, often to treat it.

He bathed the cut on his knee with warm water.
3

verb
To cover something completely in light or warmth.

The whole room was bathed in golden sunlight.
4

noun
A swim, especially in the sea, a river, or a lake.

We went for a bathe in the cool river.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to wash yourself or someone... bath

4 noun · a swim, especially in the... swim

Word family

Forms bathes

Derived forms batheablebatherbathersbebathedustbatheembathefirebatheforbatheimbathemoonbatheoverbatherebathe

Related forms bath

Etymology

From 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.

*bʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European bathen Middle English baþian Old English *baþōn Proto-West Germanic *baþōną Proto-Germanic

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# bathe

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /beɪð/
**Frequency rank:** 9366

## Meanings
1. To wash yourself or someone else in water; to take a bath.
2. To gently wash a part of the body with liquid, often to treat it.
3. To cover something completely in light or warmth.
4. A swim, especially in the sea, a river, or a lake.

## Examples
- She bathes the baby every evening before bed.
- He bathed the cut on his knee with warm water.
- The whole room was bathed in golden sunlight.
- We went for a bathe in the cool river.

## Derived Forms
- batheable
- bather
- bathers
- bebathe
- dustbathe
- embathe
- firebathe
- forbathe
- imbathe
- moonbathe
- overbathe
- rebathe

## Related Forms
- bath

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *bʰeh₁-
- Root: bathen
- Root: baþian
- Root: *baþōn
- Root: *baþōną

## Etymology
From 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.

## AI Etymology
Bathe comes from 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.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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