bathing

1. To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
2. To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
3. To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.

   We bathe our baby before going to bed; other parents do it in the morning if they have time.

4. To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.

   She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.

5. (transitive and intransitive) To cover or surround.

   A dense fog bathed the city streets.

6. To sunbathe.

   The women bathed in the sun.

noun

The act of taking a bath.

1. That takes a bath.

   a bathing child

2. Designed for use whilst bathing.

   The Victorians changed in a bathing machine before paddling in the sea.

verb

To wash a person or animal in a bath