bask
pronunciation
How to pronounce bask in British English:
UK [bɑːsk]
How to pronounce bask in American English:
US [bæsk]
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- Verb:
- derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
- be exposed
Word Origin
- bask
- bask: [14] When English first acquired this word, probably from Old Norse bathask, it was in the sense ‘wallow in blood’: ‘seeing his brother basking in his blood’, John Lydgate, Chronicles of Troy 1430. It was not until the 17th century that the modern sense ‘lie in pleasant warmth’ became established: ‘a fool, who laid him down, and basked him in the sun’, Shakespeare, As You Like It 1600. The word retains connotations of its earliest literal sense ‘bathe’ – Old Norse bathask was the reflexive form of batha ‘bathe’.=> bathe
- bask (v.)
- late 14c., basken "to wallow (in blood)," with loss of middle syllable, from Old Norse baðask "to bathe oneself," reflexive of baða "bathe" (see bathe). Modern meaning "soak up a flood of warmth" is apparently due to Shakespeare's use of the word in reference to sunshine in "As You Like It" (1600). Related: Basked; basking.
Example
- 1. Seals bask on the banks of the river tees , on an area called the seal sands which is now designated as the teesmouth national nature reserve .
- 2. I bask in you silent awe .
- 3. Bask in the light of god 's love .
- 4. Bask in the warm sunshine as your feelings blossom .
- 5. At the same time , the low-profile library and history collection are hoping to bask a little in the film 's afterglow .