bathe
part of speech
verb (bathe, bathes, bathed, bathing); noun (a bathe — UK, old-fashioned)
meaning for a pupil
1) To bathe means to wash yourself or someone else in a bath (more US; in the UK people more often say «have a bath»). tree →
2) To bathe a wound or your eyes is to wash them gently with water. tree →
3) (UK) To bathe means to swim in the sea, a river or a lake for fun. tree →
4) To be bathed in light means to be filled or covered with it: the room was bathed in sunlight. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life, parents bathe babies and pet owners bathe dogs; in first aid, you bathe a cut or a sting with clean water. In stories and poems, a scene «bathed in moonlight» paints a soft, bright picture. In history, Romans bathed in public baths. In geography, beaches have «bathing water» quality signs. Phrases: «bathe the baby», «bathe a wound», «bathed in light», «bathing suit», «sunbathe».
examples
- Mum bathed the baby before bed. tree →
- Bathe the cut with clean water. tree →
- We bathed in the cold sea on Boxing Day. tree →
- The garden was bathed in golden sunlight. tree →
- The Romans bathed together in big public baths. tree →
- Lizards sunbathe on warm rocks. tree →
- 'I want to go down to the lake, and bathe,' said she. tree →
note
Trap: «bathe» (verb, rhymes with "save", long a, soft th) vs «bath» (noun or UK verb, short a or "bahth"). UK: «I'll bath the baby» is also common. Forms: bathed, bathing (drop the e). «Bathing» can be from bathe ("BAYTH-ing") or from bath ("BAHTH-ing").
In the corpora
- Sports drinks are sugary and acidic, so sipping them slowly for hours bathes the teeth again and again and can cause decay.
- And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
- And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
- But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bathe» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.