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English Dictionary: bask by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bask
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bask
v
  1. derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory"
    Synonym(s): enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savour
  2. be exposed; "The seals were basking in the sun"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bask \Bask\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Basked} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Basking}.] [ OScand. ba[?]ask to bathe one's self, or perh.
      bakask to bake one's self, sk being reflexive. See {Bath},
      n., {Bake}, v. t.]
      To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat.
  
               Basks in the glare, and stems the tepid wave.
                                                                              --Goldsmith.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bask \Bask\, v. t.
      To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial
      heat.
  
               Basks at the fire his hairy strength.      --Milton.
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