A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

BATHE

Fri, 27 Dec '24
Get clean
Sun, 22 Dec '24
Cats do it with their tongues
Fri, 22 Dec '23
Soak (in)
Sat, 22 Jul '23
Come clean?
Thu, 4 May '23
Get in hot water, say
Sat, 4 Feb '23
Suffuse
Mon, 5 Sep '22
Wash oneself
Sun, 15 May '22
You usually do this lying down by yourself
Wed, 9 Feb '22
Have a soak
Wed, 8 Dec '21
Get into some hot water?