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Bathe

To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.

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Clean 76% connected

Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cleanse 76% connected

To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean.

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Enclose 76% connected

To inclose. See Inclose.

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Enfold 76% connected

To infold. See Infold.

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Envelop 76% connected

To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; as, to envelop goods or a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enwrap 76% connected

To envelop. See Inwrap.

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Swim 76% connected

To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Swimming 76% connected

of Swim

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Wrap 76% connected

To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.

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Foment 76% connected

To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.

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Shower 76% connected

One who shows or exhibits.

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Bather 74% connected

One who bathes.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bather 74% connected

One who bathes.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Swimmer 74% connected

One who swims.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Swimmer 74% connected

One who swims.

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