Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bathe

1 sense of bathe

Sense 1
bathe -- (the act of swimming; "the Englishman said he had a good bathe")
       => swimming, swim -- (the act of swimming; "it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bathe

3 senses of bathe

Sense 1
bathe -- (cleanse the entire body; "bathe daily")
       => cleanse, clean -- (clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner")

Sense 2
bathe -- (suffuse with or as if with light; "The room was bathed in sunlight")
       => envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose -- (enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house")

Sense 3
bathe, bath -- (clean one's body by immersion into water; "The child should bathe every day")
       => cleanse, clean -- (clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner")