Bathe

Verb

 * 1) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
 * 2) To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
 * 3) To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
 * 4) To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.
 * 5)  To cover or surround.
 * 6) To sunbathe.

Noun

 * 1)  The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.

Adverbs for Bathe
actually; chemically; steamingly; discomfortingly; comfortingly; refreshingly; soapily; splashingly; freezingly; involuntarily; tepidly; immaculately; daily; matutinally; thoroughly.

Thesaurus
aquaplaning, aquatics, backstroke, balneation, bandage, baptize, bath, bathing, breaststroke, brew, butterfly, care for, cold shower, crawl, cure, diagnose, dive, diving, doctor, dog paddle, douche, douse, drench, drouk, fin, fishtail, flapper, flipper, float, floating, flush, flush out, flux, gargle, give care to, go in swimming, go in wading, heal, hip bath, holystone, hummum, imbrue, imbue, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, inject, irrigate, lap, lather, launder, lave, leach, lip, lixiviate, macerate, massage, minister to, mop, mop up, natation, needle bath, nurse, operate on, percolate, permeate, physic, plaster, plunge bath, poultice, purge, remedy, rinse, rinse out, ritually immerse, rub, saturate, sauna, sauna bath, scour, scrub, scrub up, seethe, shampoo, shower, shower bath, sidestroke, sitz bath, skinny-dip, sluice, sluice out, soak, soap, sodden, sop, souse, splint, sponge, sponge bath, steep, strap, surfboarding, surfing, swab, sweat bath, swim, swimming, syringe, toivel, tread water, treading water, treat, tub, wade, wading, wash, wash out, wash up, waterlog, waterskiing, whirlpool bath

Etymology
From bathen:, from  baþian:, from, from. More at.

Derived terms

 * bather
 * bathers ("swimsuit" in parts of Australia)
 * sunbathe
 * sunbather

Related terms

 * bath