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BATHE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of swimming for pleasure or recreation

Example:

the Englishman said he had a good bathe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("bathe" is a kind of...):

swim; swimming (the act of swimming)

Derivation:

bathe (swim for pleasure or recreation)

bather (a person who travels through the water by swimming)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cleanse the entire body

Example:

bathe daily

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "bathe" is one way to...):

clean; cleanse (clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bathe"):

shower (take a shower; wash one's body in the shower)

foment (bathe with warm water or medicated lotions)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence examples:

They bathe

They bathe themselves

Derivation:

bather (a person who takes a bath)

bathing (the act of washing yourself (or another person))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Suffuse or envelope with something

Example:

veal bathed in a rich creamy sauce

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "bathe" is one way to...):

enclose; enfold; envelop; enwrap; wrap (enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Swim for pleasure or recreation

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "bathe" is one way to...):

swim (travel through water)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bathe"):

skinny-dip (bathe in the nude)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

bathe (the act of swimming for pleasure or recreation)

bather (a person who travels through the water by swimming)

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 Context examples: 

A procedure in which a warmed solution containing anticancer drugs is used to bathe, or is passed through the blood vessels of, the tissue or organ containing the tumor.

(Chemotherapeutic Hyperthermic Perfusion, NCI Dictionary)

Bathing an organ or tissue with a fluid.

(Chemotherapeutic Perfusion, NCI Dictionary)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient get upset with those trying to care for him/her or resist activities such as bathing or changing clothes?

(NPI - Get Upset with Those Trying to Care for Him/Her, NCI Thesaurus)

Administration to bathe or flush open wounds or body cavities.

(Irrigation-Route of Administration, Food and Drug Administration/CDISC)

Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Scale (PDQUALIF) In the past 7 days, in my personal hygiene (bathing, hair care, make up, shaving or toileting), I have been independent.

(PDQUALIF - Independent Hygiene in Past 7 Days, NCI Thesaurus)

There was the wide-spread building which he knew so well, the Abbot's house, the long church, the cloisters with their line of arches, all bathed and mellowed in the evening sun.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Administration of a drug by bathing or flushing open wounds, body cavities or surfaces.

(Irrigation-Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

A sterile solution intended to bathe or flush open wounds or body cavities; they're used topically, never parenterally.

(Irrigant Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A procedure that bathes the abdominal cavity in fluid that contains anticancer drugs.

(CHPP, NCI Dictionary)

While bathing, gently rub the corn or callus with a washcloth or pumice stone to help reduce the size.

(Corns and Calluses, NIH: National Institute on Aging)