bask Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
    enjoy; savor; savour; relish.
    • She relished her fame and basked in her glory
  2. verb be exposed
    • The seals were basking in the sun

WordNet

Bask intransitive verb
Etymology
OScand. baask to bathe one's self, or perh. bakask to bake one's self, sk being reflexive. See Bath, n., Bake, v. t.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Basked (); present participle & verbal noun Basking
Definitions
  1. To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat.
    Basks in the glare, and stems the tepid wave. Goldsmith.
Bask transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial heat.
    Basks at the fire his hairy strength. Milton.

Webster 1913