bath
noun
a washing or immersion of something, especially the body, in water, steam, etc., as for cleansing or medical treatment.
had bathed
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past perfectof bath.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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past perfectof bathe.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
batheverb (used with object)to immerse (all or part of the body) in water or some other liquid, for cleansing, refreshment, etc.
Example Sentences
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Collectively, the patients say they lost more than 100 embryos that had bathed in the defective product, known as culture media.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
Placed next to the cabinet was a Louis XIV-style armchair that the artist had bathed in gold paint and then stabbed repeatedly, stuffing its wounds with her own hair and that of fellow Chicanas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
But miles downstream, their way of life became unsustainable on the banks of a polluted river where they had bathed, washed their clothes and fished for their main source of food.
From Reuters ● Jan. 12, 2022
As I dried off with a T-shirt and got dressed, I remembered how, not so long ago, I had bathed in privacy and peace, in a porcelain claw-foot tub in my own farmhouse.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2018
She raked him with her nails and covered him with kisses and whispered and prayed and told him stories, and by the end she had bathed him with her tears.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
