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- [bask, bahsk]
- /bæsk, bɑsk/
- /bɑːsk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bask, bahsk]
- /bæsk, bɑsk/
Definitions of bask word
- verb bask If you bask in the sunshine, you lie somewhere sunny and enjoy the heat. 3
- verb bask If you bask in someone's approval, favour, or admiration, you greatly enjoy their positive reaction towards you. 3
- verb bask to lie in or be exposed to pleasant warmth, esp that of the sun 3
- verb bask to flourish or feel secure under some benevolent influence or favourable condition 3
- intransitive verb bask to warm oneself pleasantly, as in the sunlight 3
- intransitive verb bask to enjoy a warm or pleasant feeling from being in a certain environment or situation 3
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Origin of bask
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Old Norse bathask to bathe oneself, equivalent to bath- bath1 + -ask reflexive suffix
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Parts of speech for Bask
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bask popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bask usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bask
verb bask
- lounge — to pass time idly and indolently.
- relax — to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
- laze — to idle or lounge lazily (often followed by around): I was too tired to do anything but laze around this weekend.
- loll — to recline or lean in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner; lounge: to loll on a sofa.
- sun — (often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
Antonyms for bask
verb bask
- hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
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