1. (v. t.) To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.

2. (v. t.) To lave; to wet.

3. (v. t.) To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.

4. (v. t.) 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.

5. (v. t.) To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed.

6. (v. i.) To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths.

7. (v. i.) To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath.

8. (v. i.) To bask in the sun.

9. (n.) The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual bathe.