Betekenis van bathe In het Nederlands

• 0 to swim, especially in the sea, a river, or a lake:

  • Children suffering from the illness had bathed in sea water contaminated by sewage.

• 1 to cover something with a liquid, especially in order to make part of the body feel better:

  • I bathed my feet in salt water.

  • In the afternoon the sun bathes the city in shades of pink and gold.

• 2 to wash in a bath or to wash someone in a bath

• 3 an occasion when you swim or spend time in water:

  • I went for a bathe every evening.

• 4 to wash someone, usually with soap and water in a bathtub:

  • [ T ] I had to change the kids’ diapers and feed them and bathe them.

• 5 to cover with a liquid, esp. as a treatment for pain or injury:

  • I bathed my foot in warm salt water.

  • fig. The afternoon sun bathed the city in pink and gold.