Verb

(bath)

To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.

To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.

To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.

We bathe our baby before going to bed; other parents do it in the morning if they have time.

To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.

She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.

The nurse bathed his wound with a sponge.

The incoming tides bathed the coral reef.

(figuratively, transitive and intransitive) To cover or surround.

The room was bathed in moonlight.

A dense fog bathed the city streets.

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, date=April 10 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Although the encounter was bathed in sunshine, the match failed to reach boiling point but that will be of little concern to Gerard Houllier's team, who took a huge step forward before they face crucial matches against their relegation rivals.}}

To sunbathe.

The women bathed in the sun.

Verb

To move or be moved into something.

#(lb) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.

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#(lb) To cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight.

#(lb) To push (something) into something.

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# To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole.

#*2008 , Edward Keating, The Joy of Ex: A Novel

#*:My sister beats me at pool in public a second time. I claim some dignity back by potting two of my balls before Tammy sinks the black.

To diminish or be diminished.

# To experience apprehension, disappointment, dread, or momentary depression.

#*1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula), Ch.21:

#*:I tried, but I could not wake him. This caused me a great fear, and I looked around terrified. Then indeed, my heart sank within me. Beside the bed, as if he had stepped out of the mist, or rather as if the mist had turned into his figure, for it had entirely disappeared, stood a tall, thin man, all in black.

#*1915 , , The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel , Little, Brown, and Company, Boston; ch. XIX:

#*:Peter's heart sank . "Don't you think it is dreadful?" he asked.

# To cause to decline; to depress or degrade.

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#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:If I have a conscience, let it sink me.

#* (1674-1718)

#*:Thy cruel and unnatural lust of power / Has sunk thy father more than all his years.

#(lb) To demean or lower oneself; to do something below one's status, standards, or morals.

#*2013 , Steve Henschel, Niagara This Week , April 24:

#*:Who would sink so low as to steal change from veterans?

To conceal and appropriate.

*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

*:If sent with ready money to buy anything, and you happen to be out of pocket, sink the money, and take up the goods on account.

To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.

* (1721-1793)

*:a courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths

To reduce or extinguish by payment.

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(lb) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.

*(rfdate) (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:I think our country sinks beneath the yoke.

*(rfdate) John Mortimer (1656?-1736)

*:Let not the fire sink or slacken.

(lb) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.

*(rfdate) (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

*:The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him.

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*:It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.