bathe

/beɪð/ verb

Definition

WASH YOURSELF [I, T] › to wash yourself or someone else in a bath: As a rule, I bathe every day.

PART OF BODY [T] › to wash part of someone's body, often because it is hurt: Bathe your eye with cool salty water.

SWIM [I] old-fashioned › to swim

be bathed in light › to look attractive in a beautiful light: The mountain was bathed in red-gold light from the setting sun.

(Definition of bathe verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to manage not to be destroyed, harmed or permanently affected by the difficult situation you...

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