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bathes

  • plural of bathe.
  • present tense form of bathe (3rd person singular).

Example Sentences

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The newly installed modern lighting bathes the room in a warm, cathedral-like glow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Pineal cysts symptoms can be caused if the cyst is big enough to obstruct the passage of cerebrospinal fluid - the fluid constantly produced by the brain, which bathes and supports it, he added.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2024

John Andrews, MD, a resident in neurosurgery, placed the tissue on a nutrient medium that resembles the cerebrospinal fluid that bathes the brain.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2024

Maxx Corkindale’s cinematography bathes Patrick’s cramped trailer in a stylish eeriness, the right mood for a claustrophobic house of horrors.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2024

Then she bathes Ivanito and dries his hair, knowing that she’ll find him unwashed and uncombed again.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García