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Bask
Definitions
- 1 The act of bathing in warmth.
"Most cats enjoy a bask in the sunshine."
- 2 A group of crocodiles; the collective noun for crocodiles. collective
"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.”"
- 1 To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.
"to bask in the sun"
- 2 be exposed wordnet
- 3 To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (Usually followed by "in".) figuratively
"to bask in someone’s favour"
- 4 derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in wordnet
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.
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.
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