<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object), bathed, bath·ing.<ul><li>to immerse (all or part of the body) in water or some other liquid, for cleansing, refreshment, etc.</li><li>to wet; wash.</li><li>to moisten or suffuse with any liquid.</li><li>to apply water or other liquid to, with a sponge, cloth, etc.: to bathe a wound.</li><li>to wash over or against, as by the action of the sea, a river, etc.: incoming tides bathing the coral reef.</li><li>to cover or surround: a shaft of sunlight bathing the room; a morning fog bathing the city.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>British.<ul><li>the act of bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river.</li><li>a swimming bath.</li></ul></li></ul>