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Phrase(s): bathe someone or something in something
1. Lit. to cleanse someone or something in something; to coat someone or something all over with some liquid. (In a container of liquid or the liquid itself.) • She bathed the baby in warm water. • Liz bathed her injured hand in cold water. • She bathed herself in the warm spring water and took a long nap under a tree. 2. Fig. to blanket or spread over someone or something, as with light, vapor, color, etc. • The candles bathed her in a soft glow. • The red of the sunset bathed the trees in an eerie light.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs