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bathe

(bāth)

v. bathed, bath·ing, bathes

v.intr.

1. To take a bath.

2. To go into the water for swimming or other recreation.

3. To become immersed in or as if in liquid.

4. To sunbathe.

v.tr.

1. To immerse in liquid; wet.

2. To wash in a liquid.

3. To apply a liquid to for healing or soothing purposes: bathed the wound with iodine.

4. To seem to wash or pour over; suffuse: a room that was bathed in sunlight.

[Middle English bathen, from Old English bathian.]

bath′er n.

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bathed

(beɪðd)

adj

1. covered, esp with a liquid: bathed in sweat.

2. suffused (with some quality)

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Translations

bagnato

bathed

[ˈbeɪðd] adj (= covered) to be bathed in sweat [person] → être en nage
to be bathed in sunshine [place] → être baigné(e) de soleil, être inondé(e) de soleil

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They ran to get dry, they bathed to get cool, they played at being Indians in the willow-herbs and in the bracken, they bathed to get clean.

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Q: How often do babies and toddlers need to be bathed?

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