Past tense of bathe
regular verb
The past tense of bathe is bathed. The past participle is also bathed.
Forms of bathe
| Base form (V1) | bathe /beɪð/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | bathed /beɪðd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | bathed /beɪðd/ |
| Present participle | bathing /ˈbeɪˌðɪŋ(ɡ)/ |
| Third person singular | bathes /beɪðz/ |
Bathed in a sentence
- A Greek historian Phylarchus describes a white root indigenous to India that caused eunuchism when a person bathed in water in which the root was steeped.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 123
- She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.
- The floodlights bathed her in a pool of light.From the entry floodlight
- Aztecs often bathed twice a day with copalxocotl and washed their mouths with breath fresheners.2019, Marie Arana, Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story, →ISBN, page 382, note 640. From the entry copalxocotl
- Bathed and changed, she rootled out Lambie from the bottom of her wardrobe.'2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 288. From the entry rootle
Meaning of bathe
- verb To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
- verb To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
- verb To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.
Questions about the past tense of bathe
- What is the past tense of bathe?
- The past tense of bathe is bathed.
- What is the past participle of bathe?
- The past participle of bathe is bathed.
- Is bathe a regular or irregular verb?
- Bathe is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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