Usually means: Enjoy warmth or attention luxuriously.
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  3. bask: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  9. bask: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  14. bask: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Bask: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  17. bask: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  20. bask: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (bask)

▸ verb:  To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.
▸ verb:  (figurative) To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (Usually followed by "in".)
▸ noun:  (countable, collective) A group of crocodiles; the collective noun for crocodiles.

Similar:
relish, savour, savor, enjoy, bathe, sunbathe, sunbake, sun oneself, apricate, starbathe, more...

Opposite:
submerge, immerse

Types:
bask in the sun, bask in the glory, more...

Phrases:
bask in, bask in its glow, to bask in something, opposite of bask, bask in the sun, more...

Adjectives:
spotted, long, virgin, immense, unsearchable, short, brightest, warm, untutored, wild, same

Colors:
    amber,     honey,     bronze,     copper,     ochre, more...


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Similar:
relish, savour, savor, enjoy, bathe, sunbathe, sunbake, sun oneself, apricate, starbathe, more...

Opposite:
submerge, immerse

Types:
bask in the sun, bask in the glory, more...

Phrases:
bask in, bask in its glow, to bask in something, opposite of bask, bask in the sun, to bask in, more...

Adjectives:
spotted, long, virgin, immense, unsearchable, short, brightest, warm, untutored, wild, same

Colors:
    amber,     honey,     bronze,     copper,     ochre, more...



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