verb

• (intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
  "A Greek historian Phylarchus describes a white root indigenous to India that caused eunuchism when a person bathed in water in which the root was steeped."
• (intransitive) To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
• (transitive) 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."
• (transitive) To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.
  "She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical."

noun

• (British, colloquial) The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.
  "I'm going to have a midnight bathe tonight."