Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. To wash the body, or some part of it, by immersion, as in a bath; it often differs from ordinary washing in a longer application of water, to the body or to a particular part, as for the purpose of cleansing or stimulating the skin.
The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual bathe.
1. To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths.
2. To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath.
3. To bask in the sun.
1. To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.
2. To lave; to wet.
4. To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's forehead with camphor.
One who bathes; one who immerses himself in water, or who applies a liquid to himself or to another.
One who bathes.
Insertion Roget’s Thesaurus §300
N. insertion, implantation, # introduction, insinuation, planting, &c. v, injection, inoculation, importation, infusion, forcible ingress, immersion, submersion, submergence, dip, plunge, bath &c. (water), 337, interment, clyster, enema, glyster, lavage, lavement
V. insert, introduce, intromit, put into, run into, import, inject, interject, infuse, instill, inoculate, impregnate, imbue, imbrue, graft, ingraft, bud, plant, implant, dovetail, obtrude, thrust in, stick in, ram in, stuff in, tuck in, press, in, drive in, pop in, whip in, drop in, put in, impact, empierce|, imbed, immerse, immerge, merge, bathe, soak, dip, plunge, bury, insert &c itself, plunge in medias res
Adj. inserted
Plunge Roget’s Thesaurus §310
Water Roget’s Thesaurus §337
N. water, serum, serosity, lymph, rheum, diluent, agua, aqua, pani, dilution, maceration, lotion, washing, immersion|, humectation, infiltration, spargefaction|, affusion, irrigation, douche, balneation, bath, deluge, high water, flood tide
V. be watery, reek, add water, water, wet, moisten, dilute, dip, immerse, merge, immerge, submerge, plunge, souse, duck, drown, soak, steep, macerate, pickle, wash, sprinkle, lave, bathe, affuse, splash, swash, douse, drench, dabble, slop, slobber, irrigate, inundate, deluge, syringe, inject, gargle
Phr. the waters are out
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19 KJV and 32 BSB verses contain “bathe” — showing the first 20. Show all 33 verses (searchable)
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.
And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.
The one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days.