VERB | body | bathe | cleanse the entire body |
---|---|---|---|
contact | bathe | suffuse with or as if with light | |
motion | bathe | swim for pleasure or recreation | |
NOUN | act | bathe | the act of swimming |
Sounds | bey'dh | |
---|---|---|
Rhymes | lathe ... swathe: 4 rhymes with eydh... |
Meaning | The act of swimming. | |
---|---|---|
Example | "the Englishman said he had a good bathe" | |
Broader | swimming, swim | The act of swimming |
Spanish | baño | |
Catalan | bany | |
Nouns | bather | a person who travels through the water by swimming |
Verbs | bathe | swim for pleasure or recreation |
Meaning | cleanse the entire body. | |
---|---|---|
Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Model | They bathe; They bathe themselves | |
Example | "bathe daily" | |
Narrower | foment | bathe with warm water or medicated lotions |
shower | Take a shower | |
Broader | cleanse, clean | clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing |
Spanish | bañarse, bañar, lavar | |
Catalan | banyar-se, banyar | |
Nouns | bather | a person who takes a bath |
bathing | the act of washing yourself (or another person) |
Meaning | suffuse with or as if with light. | |
---|---|---|
Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "The room was bathed in sunlight" | |
Broader | envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose | enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering |
Meaning | Swim for pleasure or recreation. | |
---|---|---|
Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Narrower | skinny-dip | bathe in the nude |
Broader | swim | Travel through water |
Nouns | bathe | the act of swimming |
bather | a person who travels through the water by swimming |
©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact