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starbathe

starbathe verb: to expose one's body to starlight in order to relax, or in the belief that it has positive effects. (Compare sunbathe.).

Verb

starbathe (third-person singular simple present starbathes, present participle starbathing, simple past and past participle starbathed)

  1. (intransitive) To expose one's body to starlight in order to relax, or in the belief that it has positive effects. (Compare sunbathe.)
    • ... even though we were not sure what we would find at the top of it (another troop of nude women starbathing this time? was it perhaps even the same set of steps which we had climbed a few days back and didn't recognize now in the dark?)2001, William Guy, Gravity's Revolt: Part Four: Part Four, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 136
    • And I glanced at her and smiled, my face still flushed from starbathing beneath that rampaging, black-hot sky; […]2002, Terri Brown-Davidson, The Carrington Monologues, →ISBN

Forms of starbathe

third-person singular presentstarbathes
present participlestarbathing
past participlestarbathed
paststarbathed

Origin of starbathe

From star + bathe, modelled on sunbathe.

Words that rhyme with starbathe

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Questions about starbathe

What does starbathe mean?
Starbathe means to expose one's body to starlight in order to relax, or in the belief that it has positive effects. (Compare sunbathe.).
What part of speech is starbathe?
Starbathe is a verb.
What is the past tense of starbathe?
The past tense of starbathe is starbathed.

Words near starbathe in the dictionary

  1. StarBander
  2. StarBanders
  3. starbase
  4. starbases
  5. starbath
  6. starbathe
  7. starbathed
  8. starbathes
  9. starbathing
  10. starbaths
  11. starbeam

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