Bask
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}, {bask}, {relish}, {savor}, {savour}]
2: be exposed; "The seals were basking in the sun"
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bask \Bask\ (b[.a]sk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Basked} (b[.a]skt);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Basking}.] [OScand. ba[eth]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.
[1913 Webster]
Basks in the glare, and stems the tepid wave.
--Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "bask":
adore, appreciate, bask in, be pleased with, delight in,
derive pleasure from, devour, eat up, enjoy, feast on,
freak out on, get high on, gloat over, groove on, indulge,
indulge in, insolate, like, love, luxuriate, luxuriate in,
rejoice in, relish, revel, revel in, riot in, roll, rollick, savor,
smack the lips, sun, sun-dry, sunbathe, swim in, take pleasure in,
wallow in, welter
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