| Main Entry: | bathe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wash with water and, usually, soap |
Synonyms: |
bath, clean, cleanse, dip, douse, dunk, flood, hose, imbathe, imbue, immerse, moisten, rinse, scour, scrub, shower, soak, soap, sponge, steep, submerge, suffuse, tub, water, wet |
| Notes: | bath (noun) is the act of soaking or cleansing the body while bathe (verb) is to take a bath |
Antonyms: |
dirty |
| Main Entry: | clean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make undirty, uncluttered |
Synonyms: |
absterge, bath, bathe, blot, brush, cauterize, clarify, cleanse, clear the decks, clear up, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, do up, dredge, dust, edulcorate, elutriate, erase, expunge, expurgate, flush, hackle, launder, lave, mop, neaten, pick, pick up, polish, purge, purify, rake, rasp, refine, rinse, rout out, sanitize, scald, scour, scrape, scrub, shake out, shampoo, soak, soap, sponge, spruce up, sterilize, straighten up, swab, sweep, tidy up, vacuum, wash, whisk, winnow, wipe |
Antonyms: |
adulterate, defile, dirty, foul, soil, stain |
| Main Entry: | dip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put into liquid |
Synonyms: |
baptize, bathe, douse, drench, duck, dunk, immerse, irrigate, lave, lower, moisten, pitch, plunge, rinse, slop, slosh, soak, souse, splash, steep, submerge, submerse, wash, water, wet |
| Main Entry: | imbue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infuse, saturate |
Synonyms: |
bathe, diffuse, impregnate, inculcate, infix, ingrain, inoculate, instill, invest, leaven, permeate, pervade, steep, suffuse |
Antonyms: |
drain, take out |
| Main Entry: | immerse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | submerge in liquid |
Synonyms: |
asperse, baptize, bathe, bury, christen, dip, douse, drench, drown, duck, dunk, merge, plunge, saturate, sink, slop, soak, souse, sprinkle, steep, submerse |
| Notes: | immerse means to thrust into or engross fully; submerge means sink below the surface or put under water |
Antonyms: |
dry, retrieve |
| Main Entry: | lap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slosh, wash against |
Synonyms: |
bathe, bubble, burble, drink, gurgle, lave, lick, lip, plash, purl, ripple, sip, slap, splash, sup, swish |
| Main Entry: | marinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | soak |
Synonyms: |
bathe, brine, immerse, marinade, pickle, season, souse, steep |
| Main Entry: | moisten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make wet, damp |
Synonyms: |
bathe, bedew, dampen, dip, drench, humidify, lick, mist, moisturize, rain on, rinse, saturate, shower, soak, sog, sop, splash, splatter, spray, sprinkle, squirt, steam, steep, wash, water, water down, waterlog, wet |
Antonyms: |
dry |
| Main Entry: | rinse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wash off, out |
Synonyms: |
bathe, clean, cleanse, dip, flush, soak, splash, wash, water, wet |
| Main Entry: | saturate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drench, wet through |
Synonyms: |
bathe, douche, douse, imbue, immerse, impregnate, infuse, overfill, penetrate, percolate, permeate, pervade, sate, satiate, soak, sop, souse, steep, suffuse, surfeit, transfuse, wash, waterlog |
Antonyms: |
dehydrate, dry |