Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive, usually)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.

    грітисяhritysja

    be exposed

  2. To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.

    (intransitive, usually)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.

  3. (figuratively, intransitive, usually)To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness.

    to bask in someone’s favour

    I basked in her love.

    genießen

    купатисяkupatysja

    derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in

Examples

32 sentences
  1. The cat was basking in the sun.

    Кіт грівся на сонечку. — deniko

    ruКот нежился на солнце. — shanghainese

    deDie Katze aalte sich in der Sonne. — Espi

  2. Tom is basking in the sun.

    Том гріється на сонці. — Balamax

    ruТом греется на солнце. — Balamax

    deTom sonnt sich. — wolfgangth

  3. Let's bask in the sun together, kitty.

    Нумо разом поніжимося на сонечку, котику. — Ahha

    deLass uns gemeinsam die Sonne genießen, Kätzchen. — Ahha

  4. They basked in the sun.

    Вони грілися на сонці. — deniko

    ruОни грелись на солнце. — marafon

    deSie nahmen ein Sonnenbad. — Tamy

  5. Tom basked in the sun.

    Том грівся на сонці. — Balamax

    ruТом грелся на солнце. — Balamax

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat:
to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English basken, from Old Norse baðask (“to take a bath”, literally “

Inherited from Middle English basken, from Old Norse baðask (“to take a bath”, literally “to bathe oneself”), mediopassive form from underlying baða (“to bathe”) + sik (“oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *baþōną and *sek. Doublet of English bathe.

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Forms

basks, basking, basked, basked
Base formbask · to bask
3rd person singularbasks
Present participlebasking
Past simplebasked
Past participlebasked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybask
he, she, itbasks

Past simpleLesson

all personsbasked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave basked
he, she, ithas basked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bask

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedabask

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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