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basking Definition


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bask
verb, intr basked, basking
    1. To lie in comfort, especially in warmth or sunshine.
      Example: spent all day basking on the beach
      Thesaurus: luxuriate, lounge, relax, loll, wallow, laze.
    2. To enjoy and take great pleasure.
      Example: basking in her approval
      Thesaurus: revel, luxuriate, wallow.
Etymology: 14c: from Norse bathask to bathe.



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