bask
verb/bɑːsk/UK/bæsk/US
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English basken, from Old Norse baðask (“to take a bath”, literally “to bathe oneself”), mediopassive form from underlying baða (“to bathe”) + sik (“oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *baþōną and *sek. Doublet of English bathe.
Definitions
To bathe in warmth
To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.
- to bask in the sun
- The naked Negro, panting at the line, / Baſks in the glare, or ſtems the tepid wave, / And thanks his Gods for all the good they gave.
- There will be no problems with visibility, or the highly changeable Highland weather, as Scotland basks in what is reported to be the country's hottest September day for more than a century.
To take great pleasure or satisfaction
To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (Usually followed by "in".)
- to bask in someone’s favour
- I basked in her love.
The act of bathing in warmth.
- Most cats enjoy a bask in the sunshine.
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A group of crocodiles
A group of crocodiles; the collective noun for crocodiles.
- The threat of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to health systems in subSaharan Africa (SSA) can be compared metaphorically to a lake in Africa infested with a bask of crocodiles and the saying “the eye of the crocodile.”
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for bask. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA