to wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.-to lave; to wet.-to moisten or suffuse with a liquid.-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.-to surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed.-to bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths.-to immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath.-to bask in the sun.-the immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual bathe.