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発音

• enPR: bāth, IPA: /beɪð/
• (Indic) IPA: /beð/, /bɑð/
• 韻: -eɪð

動詞

bathe (third-person singular simple present bathes, present participle bathing, simple past and past participle bathed)

1. (intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
   • 1876, Eliza Bisbee Duffey, Our Behaviour: A Manual of Etiquette and Dress of the Best American Society, Philadelphia:

     We do not bathe to make ourselves clean, but to keep clean, and for the sake of its health-giving and invigorating effects. Once a week a warm bath, at about 100°, may be used, with plenty of soap, in order to thoroughly cleanse the pores of the skin.

   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 123:

     A Greek historian Phylarchus describes a white root indigenous to India that caused eunuchism when a person bathed in water in which the root was steeped.

2. (intransitive) To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
3. (transitive) To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.

   We bathe our baby before going to bed; other parents do it in the morning if they have time.

4. (transitive) To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.

   She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.

   The nurse bathed his wound with a sponge.

   The incoming tides bathed the coral reef.

   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 51:

     All subtle thought, all curious fears,
     ⁠Borne down by gladness so complete,
     ⁠She bows, she bathes the Saviour’s feet
     With costly spikenard and with tears.

   • 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 22:

     Vorpal, eupeptically bubbling greetings, bathed a sausage in a swimming plate of sauce.

5. (figuratively, transitive and intransitive) To cover or surround.

   The room was bathed in moonlight.

   A dense fog bathed the city streets.

   • 2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Although the encounter was bathed in sunshine, the match failed to reach boiling point but that will be of little concern to Gerard Houllier's team, who took a huge step forward before they face crucial matches against their relegation rivals.

6. (intransitive) To sunbathe.

   The women bathed in the sun.

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関連する語

• bath

名詞

bathe (plural bathes)

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

   I'm going to have a midnight bathe tonight.

   • 1885, Mrs. Forrester, “Retribution”, in Although He Was a Lord and Other Tales (Collection of British Authors, Tauchnitz Edition; volume 2327), Leipzig: [Christian] Bernhard Tauchnitz, page 140:

     I do not feel disposed to ask any questions, but devote myself entirely to the Governoress, who takes me over to the bathing-house in her boat. I have had my bathe, and am strolling along the sands, waiting for the Countess.

アナグラム

• beath, Habte, behat

限定詞

bathe

1. (Northern) alternative form of bothe (“both”)

代名詞

bathe

1. (Northern) alternative form of bothe (“both”)

接続詞

bathe

1. (Northern) alternative form of bothe (“both”)

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動詞

bathe

1. alternative form of bathen