BATHE
What does "BATHE" mean?
To wash oneself or another in water, or to immerse something in liquid.
Meanings
- To wash the body by immersion in or with water. She bathed the baby in the warm, shallow tub.
- To swim or take a dip for pleasure, especially in the sea or a river. On hot afternoons they would bathe in the cool river below the bridge.
- To cover or suffuse something, as with light or warmth. The valley was bathed in the last gold of the setting sun. figurative
- To apply liquid gently to soothe or cleanse a wound or sore spot. The nurse bathed the cut with antiseptic before bandaging it.
Word origin
From Old English 'baþian', to wash by immersion, from the Proto-Germanic root that also gives 'bath'; the verb keeps the long vowel and voiced 'th' that the noun lost.
Remember it
BATHE = the noun BATH plus an E that stretches it into the long action: you take a BATH, but you BATHE in it.
A little poem
Steam lifts off the tub-
for one slow held breath the day's
grime lets go and floats.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why is the verb 'bathe' so relaxed? It never sweats the small stuff - it just washes it off.
What it teaches
Some things you do not scrub away by force; you sink in, go still, and let the water lift them off.
Quick facts
What does BATHE mean?
To wash oneself or another in water, or to immerse something in liquid.
Is BATHE a valid word?
Yes — BATHE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BATHE?
BATHE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does BATHE come from?
From Old English 'baþian', to wash by immersion, from the Proto-Germanic root that also gives 'bath'; the verb keeps the long vowel and voiced 'th' that the noun lost.
What can BATHE teach us?
Some things you do not scrub away by force; you sink in, go still, and let the water lift them off.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.