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BASK

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Dictionary entry overview: What does bask mean?

• BASK (verb)
The verb BASK has 2 senses:

1. derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
2. be exposed

Familiarity information: BASK used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BASK (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

bask; enjoy; relish; savor; savour

Context example:

She relished her fame and basked in her glory

"Bask" entails doing...:

like (find enjoyable or agreeable)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bask"):

feast one's eyes (look at with great enjoyment)

devour (enjoy avidly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Be exposed

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The seals were basking in the sun

Hypernyms (to "bask" is one way to...):

lie (be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

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