/ bɑːsk; NAmE bæsk/ verb
[ v ] bask (in sth) to enjoy sitting or lying in the heat or light of sth, especially the sun :
We sat basking in the warm sunshine.
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PHRASAL VERBS
- bask in sth
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (originally in the sense bathe ): perhaps related to Old Norse batha bathe.