Meaning
To bathe or wash — the Patois form of 'bathe'. 'Bade off' means to have a quick wash, and 'go bade' is to go and bathe. It covers bathing in the sea or the river ('go bade a river'), a favourite way to cool off, as well as the herbal 'bush bath' ('bade wid bush'), used to cleanse the body and spirit and to heal or draw off bad luck. So the word runs from the plain daily wash to the sea and river swim and on to the spiritual cleansing bath of folk healing.
Examples
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Go bade before yuh eat.
Go and bathe before you eat.
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Wi go bade a river inna di hot sun.
We went to bathe in the river in the hot sun.
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Granny bade di baby wid bush.
Granny bathed the baby with medicinal bush.
Origin
The Patois pronunciation of 'bathe'.
How it’s used
To bathe/wash; 'bade off' = quick wash; 'bush bath' has a healing/spiritual sense. See [[balm-yaad]].