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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat",
"tags": [
"South"
],
"word": "bolaheulo"
},
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"code": "cy",
"english": "SE",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat",
"word": "hinoni"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "naslaždavam se",
"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "наслаждавам се"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "gaudir"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "disfrutar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"roman": "in",
"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "(zich) koesteren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"english": "van",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "genieten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"english": "in",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "zwelgen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "zijn hartje ophalen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "paistatella"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "genießen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "sütkérezik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "crogiolarsi"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "kose seg"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "gozar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "desfrutar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "desfăta"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kupatysja",
"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "купатися"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"en:bask (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "bask"
}
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"2": "non",
"3": "baðask",
"lit": "to bathe oneself",
"t": "to take a bath"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse baðask (“to take a bath”, literally “to bathe oneself”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
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"name": "m"
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{
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"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
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{
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"2": "*sek"
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "bathe"
},
"expansion": "English bathe",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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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"form": "basks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"ref": "2020 March, “COVID-19 threatens health systems in sub-Saharan Africa: the eye of the crocodile”, in Journal of Clinical Investigation, volume 130, number 6, page 2741",
"text": "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.”",
"type": "quotation"
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"A group of crocodiles; the collective noun for crocodiles."
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"(countable, collective) A group of crocodiles; the collective noun for crocodiles."
],
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"countable"
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"ipa": "/bɑːsk/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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"ipa": "/bæsk/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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"homophone": "Basque"
},
{
"homophone": "basque (in some dialects)"
},
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"rhymes": "-æsk"
},
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"rhymes": "-ɑːsk"
},
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"audio": "en-us-bask.ogg",
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"US"
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{
"enpr": "bäsk"
},
{
"enpr": "băsk"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"en:bask (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "bask"
}
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