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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bask  \Bask\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Basked}  (?);  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Basking}.]  [  OScand  ba?ask  to  bathe  one's  self  or  perh. 
  bakask  to  bake  one's  self  sk  being  reflexive.  See  {Bath}, 
  n.,  {Bake},  v.  t.] 
  To  lie  in  warmth;  to  be  exposed  to  genial  heat. 
 
  Basks  in  the  glare,  and  stems  the  tepid  wave. 
  --Goldsmith. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bask  \Bask\,  v.  t. 
  To  warm  by  continued  exposure  to  heat;  to  warm  with  genial 
  heat. 
 
  Basks  at  the  fire  his  hairy  strength.  --Milton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  bask 
  v  1:  derive  or  receive  pleasure  from  get  enjoyment  from  take 
  pleasure  in  "She  relished  her  fame  and  basked  in  her 
  glory"  [syn:  {enjoy},  {relish},  {savor},  {savour}] 
  2:  be  exposed;  "The  seals  were  basking  in  the  sun" 




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