noun
Meaning 1
The act of bathing in warmth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Most cats enjoy a bask in the sunshine.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bask
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: bäsk
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Received-Pronunciation: /bɑːsk/
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General-American: băsk
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General-American: /bæsk/
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homophone: Basque
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homophone: basque (in some dialects)
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rhymes with -æsk
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rhymes with -ɑːsk
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CMU ARPABET: B AE1 S K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A group of crocodiles; the collective noun for crocodiles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: collective
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, usually
Examples
- to bask in the sun
- She shivered until she got to the cozy fireplace, where she could bask in the heat coming off it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.
To expose oneself to heat, especially sunlight, in order to raise body temperature, as a form of thermoregulation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, usually
Examples
- My lizard likes to spend his days basking on the stone near the lamp.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive, usually
Examples
- to bask in someone’s favour
- I basked in her love.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
be exposed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The seals were basking in the sun
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lie
verb
Meaning 7
derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She relished her fame and basked in her glory
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: enjoy, relish, savor, savour
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: feast one's eyes, devour
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: günəşlənmək — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- Azerbaijani: özünü günə vermək — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- Azerbaijani: özünü günəşə vermək — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- Dutch: baden — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- Dutch: zich koesteren — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- Finnish: paistatella — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- French: lézarder — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- French: baigner — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- Greek: λιάζομαι (liázomai) — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- Hungarian: sütkérezik — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- Italian: crogiolarsi — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- Korean: 쬐다 (jjoeda) — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- Māori: pāina — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- Māori: pāinaina — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- Māori: pārara — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- Portuguese: tomar sol — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- Spanish: lagartear — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- Thai: ผิง (pǐng) — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- Thai: ผิงแดด — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- Thai: ผิงไฟ — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- Ukrainian: грітися (hritysja) — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- Welsh: torheulo — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- Welsh: bolaheulo — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- Welsh: hinoni — to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat
- Bulgarian: наслаждавам се (naslaždavam se) — to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness
- Catalan: gaudir — to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness
- Catalan: disfrutar — to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness
- Dutch: (zich) koesteren (in) — to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness
- Dutch: genieten — to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness
- Dutch: zwelgen — to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness
- Dutch: zijn hartje ophalen — to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness
- Finnish: paistatella — to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness
- German: genießen — to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness
- Hungarian: sütkérezik — to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness
- Italian: crogiolarsi — to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness
- Norwegian: kose seg — to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness
- Portuguese: gozar — to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness
- Portuguese: desfrutar — to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness
- Romanian: desfăta — to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness
- Ukrainian: купатися (kupatysja) — to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness