Bask \Bask\ (b[.a]sk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Basked (b[.a]skt);
p. pr. & vb. n. Basking.]
[OScand. ba[eth]ask to bathe
one's self, or perh. bakask to bake one's self, sk being
reflexive. See Bath, n., Bake, v. t.]
To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat.
[1913 Webster]
Basks in the glare, and stems the tepid wave.
--Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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37 Moby Thesaurus words for "bask":
adore, appreciate, bask in, be pleased with, delight in,
derive pleasure from, devour, eat up, enjoy, feast on,
freak out on, get high on, gloat over, groove on, indulge,
indulge in, insolate, like, love, luxuriate, luxuriate in,
rejoice in, relish, revel, revel in, riot in, roll, rollick, savor,
smack the lips, sun, sun-dry, sunbathe, swim in, take pleasure in,
wallow in, welter
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Bask \Bask\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Basked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Basking.]
[ OScand. ba?ask to bathe one's self, or perh.
bakask to bake one's self, sk being reflexive. See Bath,
n., Bake, v. t.]
To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat.
Basks in the glare, and stems the tepid wave.
--Goldsmith.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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