Bask
[bɑːsk] or [bæsk]
Definition
(v. t.) To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat.
(v. t.) To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial heat.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Lie in the sun, be exposed to a pleasant heat.
v. a. Expose to sunshine or to a pleasant heat.
Typed by Jewel
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Luxuriate, repose, lounge, dally
ANT:Stir, work, toil, slave, drudge, labor
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Definition
v.i. to lie in the warmth or sunshine.
Checked by Francis
Examples
- That it can yet bask in the smile of beauty, my dear madam. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The weather now became warm and bright, bringing Caliphronas out of his cabin again, like a brilliant butterfly, to bask in the sunshine. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Picture me then idle, basking, plump, and happy, stretched on a cushioned deck, warmed with constant sunshine, rocked by breezes indolently soft. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The city basked under the noon-day sun, and the venerable walls formed its picturesque boundary. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He fell down prostrate and basked in him as a Neapolitan beggar does in the sun. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I stayed longer in the room than usual; I could not bear to be out of her presence; I returned to it, and basked in it, like Tartar in the sun. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- During that memorable month I basked in the happiness of being for once in my life drifting with the tide of a great popular movement. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- His people basked in the light of his countenance--it was so red and glowing. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He slept a good deal after dinner, or basked in the arbours of the pleasant inn-gardens. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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