"bask" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bɑːsk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bæsk/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-bask.ogg Forms: basks [plural]
enPR: bäsk [Received-Pronunciation], băsk [General-American] Rhymes: -æsk, -ɑːsk Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeh₁-}}, {{der|en|non|baðask|lit=to bathe oneself|t=to take a bath}} Old Norse baðask (“to take a bath”, literally “to bathe oneself”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*baþōną}} Proto-Germanic *baþōną, {{cog|en|bathe}} English bathe Head templates: {{en-noun}} bask (plural basks)
  1. The act of bathing in warmth.
    Sense id: en-bask-en-noun-zcvU7L4m
  2. (collective) A group of crocodiles; the collective noun for crocodiles. Tags: collective
    Sense id: en-bask-en-noun-RE8qJLDp

Verb

IPA: /bɑːsk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bæsk/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-bask.ogg Forms: basks [present, singular, third-person], basking [participle, present], basked [participle, past], basked [past]
enPR: bäsk [Received-Pronunciation], băsk [General-American] Rhymes: -æsk, -ɑːsk Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeh₁-}}, {{der|en|non|baðask|lit=to bathe oneself|t=to take a bath}} Old Norse baðask (“to take a bath”, literally “to bathe oneself”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*baþōną}} Proto-Germanic *baþōną, {{cog|en|bathe}} English bathe Head templates: {{en-verb}} bask (third-person singular simple present basks, present participle basking, simple past and past participle basked)
  1. To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat. Hyponyms (to be exposed to the sun's heat): apricate, sun Translations (to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat): paistatella (Finnish), lézarder [colloquial] (French), baigner (French), λιάζομαι (liázomai) (Greek), sütkérezik (Hungarian), crogiolarsi (Italian), 쬐다 (jjoeda) (Korean), pāina (Maori), pāinaina (Maori), pārara (Maori), tomar sol (Portuguese), lagartear [Latin-America] (Spanish), tomar sol (Spanish), solearse (Spanish), asolearse (Spanish), грітися (hritysja) (Ukrainian), torheulo (Welsh), bolaheulo [South] (Welsh), hinoni (english: SE) (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-bask-en-verb-G1swUbg2 Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of "to be exposed to the sun's heat": 83 17 Disambiguation of 'to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat': 95 5
  2. (figurative) To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (Usually followed by "in".) Tags: figuratively Translations (to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness): наслаждавам се (naslaždavam se) (Bulgarian), gaudir (Catalan), disfrutar (Catalan), (zich) koesteren (in) (Dutch), genieten (english: van) (Dutch), zwelgen (english: in) (Dutch), zijn hartje ophalen (Dutch), paistatella (Finnish), genießen (German), sütkérezik (Hungarian), crogiolarsi (Italian), kose seg (Norwegian), gozar (Portuguese), desfrutar (Portuguese), desfăta (Romanian), disfrutar (Spanish), gozar (Spanish), купатися (kupatysja) (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abask, bask in the sunshine

Inflected forms

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          "text": "to bask in someone’s favour",
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          "text": "I basked in her love.",
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          "ref": "2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "As President Obama turns his attention once again to filling out a cabinet and writing an Inaugural Address, this much is clear: he should not expect to bask in a surge of national unity, or to witness a crowd of millions overrun the Mall just to say they were there.",
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          "ref": "2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "On this evidence they will certainly face tougher tests, as a depleted Newcastle side seemed to bask in the relative security of being ninth in the table",
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        "To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (Usually followed by \"in\".)"
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        "(figurative) To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (Usually followed by \"in\".)"
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          "roman": "naslaždavam se",
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          "word": "gaudir"
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          "word": "(zich) koesteren"
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      "sense": "to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat",
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