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bask(2)(dictionary)
bask(dictionary)

bask(2) (iou)



bask verb & noun. [b¨»:sk] LME.
[Origin uncertain, perh. from Old Norse precursor of baeast refl. of baea BATHE verb.]
A. verb.
verb intrans. & refl. Bathe; fig. swim in blood. LME-M16.
verb trans. (usu. refl.). Expose to a flood of warmth, esp. sunshine. E17.
Milton The lubbar fiend..Basks at the fire his hairy strength. R. Dahl Do you like to swim and to bask yourself in the sun?
verb intrans. Disport oneself or revel in warmth and light, esp. of the sun, a fire, or fig. of love, favour, pleasant feelings. M17.
basking shark a very large plankton-eating shark, Cetorhinus maximus, which habitually lies near the sea surface.
J. Galsworthy The sun now only reached the wall at the end, whereon basked a crouching cat. fig.: E. A. Freeman Traitors basking in the royal smiles. D. Halberstam Everyone wanted to talk to him, to sit next to him at dinner, to bask in the excitement and originality of his mind. P. P. Read He basked in the confident feeling that should he want them they were his for the taking.
b. noun. A spell of basking; radiance etc. in which one basks. M18.