bask
/bæsk/ verb C2- To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat. · to bask in the sun· She shivered until she got to the cozy fireplace, where she could bask in the heat coming off it.
- To expose oneself to heat, especially sunlight, in order to raise body temperature, as a form of thermoregulation. · My lizard likes to spend his days basking on the stone near the lamp.
- To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. · to bask in someone’s favour· I basked in her love.
He/she/it basks · Past basked · Past participle basked · -ing form basking
Verb forms
- Base form
- bask
- He/she/it
- basks
- Past
- basked
- Past participle
- basked
- -ing form
- basking
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A TORTOISE, lazily basking in the sun, complained to the sea-birds of her hard fate, that no one would teach her to fly.
Here I rallied, and had already improved so far as to be able to walk about the wards, and even to bask a little upon the verandah, when I was struck down by enteric fever, that curse of our Indian possessions.
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