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bask
[ bask ]
verb (used without object)
- to lie in or be exposed to a pleasant warmth:
to bask in the sunshine.
- to enjoy a pleasant situation:
He basked in royal favor.
verb (used with object)
- Obsolete. to expose to warmth or heat.
bask
/ ɑː /
verb
- to lie in or be exposed to pleasant warmth, esp that of the sun
- to flourish or feel secure under some benevolent influence or favourable condition
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of bask1
Example Sentences
If Californians wish to bask in the sunshine of having the strongest and most durable economy in the nation, so be it.
Elon Musk, dressed in black from head to toe and wearing sunglasses, stood centre stage and basked in the adulation of the Conservative Political Action Conference crowd.
From tree stumps and rocks, the spiny reptiles basked and watched as wooden fences subdivided the landscape.
As Ryan Coogler basks in the critical and commercial triumphs of his latest film, “Sinners,” he turns a mirror back on the people who helped make that success possible.
Meloni basked in the praise lavished on her by Trump - from compliments about her work as prime minister to gushing about her Italian sounding "beautiful".
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