to bask
18
3.7
- verb
- /bæsk/
:
tomar el sol
- Time was a chance to bask in warmth, to think, and to relax.
- bask in the sun
- basking shark
So I am just basking in this sunshine gloriousness.
- So I am just basking in this sunshine gloriousness.
- It could be, you know, is, you know, innocent to pleasure as sitting in the sun and basking in its rays.
- Sit on the beach sipping drinks, you know, basking in the sun, that sort of stuff.
Examples
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Below it, a black cat basked asleep in the filtered sunshine.
Fiction book (1998) -
Bask in the sun, swim in the Ionian Sea.
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I wanna bask in our love... ...like a house cat lying in the sun.
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If I were you, I'd just bask in this kitchen all day long!
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I basked in her warmth.
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He's basking in the sun and playing golf.
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Mantises are seen more in the early morning or late afternoon, basking in the sunshine.
Academic text (1998) -
All day we basked in jazz while the tabby cat watched out the window.
Fiction book (2002) -
For 50 weeks of the year, Fort Lauderdale, Florida is a small corner of tropical heaven basking contentedly in the warm sun.
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On a sunny afternoon, we decided to bask in the warm sun at the beach.
Synonyms
6
2.9
To sit or lie in the sun to make your skin brown
2
1.6
To relax and enjoy the sun's warmth
1
3.5
To sit or lie outside to enjoy the warm sun
To relax on a beach in the warm sun
To sit or lie in the sun to feel warm
To stay in strong sun for tanning or warmth
Phrasal Verbs
How Warm
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bask comes from an old word like bake that meant 'to heat'. So to bask in the sun is to lie in pleasant warmth, as if the sun were gently 'baking' you.