| 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 | |
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