1. The act of washing yourself (or another person)
   "The nurse assisted with the patient's daily bathing";
   - washup, wash-up
    
2. Immersing the body in water or sunshine
   "They enjoyed bathing"

1. Cleanse the entire body
   "bathe daily"
    
2. Swim for pleasure or recreation
   "We bathed in the cool lake on a hot summer day"
    
3. Suffuse or envelope with something
   "veal bathed in a rich creamy sauce"; "The room was bathed in sunlight"; "I was bathed in a cold sweat"

Derived forms: bathings

Type of: clean, cleaning, cleanse, cleansing, cleanup, diversion, enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, lavation [archaic], recreation, swim, wash, washing, wrap

Encyclopedia: Bathing