Meaning

2 senses
  1. The act of bathing in warmth.

    Most cats enjoy a bask in the sunshine.

  2. (collective)A group of crocodiles.

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

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

plural: basks
Singularbask
Pluralbasks

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bask — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto