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Definition: Bask |
BaskVerb1. Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory". 2. Be exposed; "The seals were basking in the sun". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bask" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: BaskSynonyms: enjoy (v), relish (v), savor (v), savour (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Heat | Verb: be hot. Adjective: glow, flush, sweat, swelter, bask, smoke, reek, stew, simmer, seethe, boil, burn, blister, broil, blaze, flame; smolder; parch, fume, pant. |
Physical Pleasure | Verb: feel pleasure, experience pleasure, receive pleasure; enjoy, relish; luxuriate in, revel in, riot in, bask in, swim in, drink up, eat up, wallow in; feast on; gloat over, float on; smack the lips. |
Live on the fat of the land, live in comfort. adVerb: bask in the sunshine, faire ses choux gras. | |
Pleasure | Feel at home, breathe freely, bask in the sunshine. |
Prosperity | Keep oneself afloat; keep one's head above water, hold one's head above water; land on one's feet, light on one's feet, light on one's legs, fall on one's legs, fall on one's feet; drop into a good thing; bear a charmed life; bask in the sunshine; have a good time of it, have a fine time of it; have a run of luck; have the good fortune; n. to; take a favorable turn; live on the fat of the land, live off the fat of the land, live in clover. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bask |
| English words defined with "bask": Apricate ♦ Basked, Basking. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Bask" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (Basque), Albanian (basque), Dutch (Basque), Swedish (basque), Turkish (basque). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Oh, come on. Am I supposed to remain celibate while I bask in like the warm glow of your annihilating contempt (The Tao of Steve; writing credit: Duncan North; Greer Goodman) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | California sea lions bask in the sun,. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Flowers" by Kevin Rohr Commentary: "Flowers bask in sun." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| "Bask" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 81.69% of the time. "Bask" is used about 71 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 81.69% | 58 | 44,427 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 14.08% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (singular) | 4.23% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 71 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "bask": ad bask in the sunshine ♦ bask in ♦ bask in smb.'s favor ♦ bask in the king's favour ♦ bask in the sun ♦ bask in the sunshine. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bask | 50 |
bask marshmallow | 5 |
arabian bask | 5 |
bask lotion | 4 |
bask sublime | 4 |
bask tanning | 3 |
arabian bask horse | 3 |
ambalaj bask pilenpak ve | 2 |
bask son | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "bask"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | prehem (hibernate, repose, rest), ngrohem (tepefy, thaw, warm, warm up). (various references) | |
Arabic | نعم ب (enjoy), تمتع (belong, enjoy, fruition, fullness, fulness, possession, rejoice), تشمس (insolation, sun), إستدفئ. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | топля се, грея се (roast). (various references) | |
Chinese | 取暖 (Basked, Basking). (various references) | |
Czech | vyhřívat se, slunit se (sun, sun bathe, sunbathe), opalovat se (sun, sun bathe, sunbathe). (various references) | |
Farsi | حمام افتاب گرفتن (Sunbathe), افتاب خوردن , باگرمای ملایم گرم کردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | lekotella. (various references) | |
French | se réjouir de, se réjouir, chauffer. (various references) | |
German | sonnen (put out in the sun, suns, to bask), sich sonnen (sun oneself), sich aalen (luxuriate). (various references) | |
Greek | λιάζομαι. (various references) | |
Hebrew | להתחמם (be excited, become hot, heat up, warm, warm up), תענוג (delight, enjoyment, indulgence, pleasure). (various references) | |
Hungarian | sütkérezik (sun bathe, to bask). (various references) | |
Indonesian | berjemur (sunning). (various references) | |
Italian | scaldarsi al sole, crogiolarsi. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | バスに乗る (basket, basketball, Basque, bass-treble, bastard fake bunt, bath buzzer, bath towel, bathrobe, bathroom, bathtub, birth control, bus lane, bus stop, bust, bust pad, bustline, bypass capacitor, the way a bra fits, to take the bus). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | バスク (Basque). (various references) | |
Manx | grianey (airing, airing in sun, sun, sunbath, sunbathing), grianaghey (insolation, solarize, sun, sunbathe). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | askbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | gozar fortuna, estender-se ao sol, aquecer (broil, calorify, heat, stoke, warm). (various references) | |
Romanian | se încãlzi (bask in, calefy, have a warm, heat, thaw, warm), face plajã (bask in the sun). (various references) | |
Russian | греться на солнце, нежиться (basking, luxuriate, slug), наслаждаться (delight, enjoy, luxuriate, take pleasure in). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uživati (delight, dig, enjoy, like, relish, savor, take pleasure in), pored vatre, grejati se na suncu. (various references) | |
Spanish | tomar el sol (bask in the sun, sunbathe), solear, disfrutar (delight in, enjoy, take pleasure in), dejarse acariciar. (various references) | |
Swedish | sola sig (bask in the sun, sun). (various references) | |
Turkish | tadını çıkarmak (discuss, drink in, enjoy, feast, make the most of it, relish, savor, savour), güneşlenmek (sun, sunbathe, tan). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | утішатися (console oneself, take comfort), тішитися теплом, грітися (warm). (various references) | |
Welsh | ymheulo, tor.heulo (sunbathe). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Cetorhinus maximus, Cetorinhus maximus, flaneur, Selache maxima, VE Cetorhinus maximus, VE pélerin. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bask": basked, basket, basketball, basketballs, basketful, basketfuls, basketlike, basketries, basketry, baskets, basketsful, basketwork, basketworks, basking, basks. (additional references) | |
Words containing "bask": breadbasket, breadbaskets, handbasket, handbaskets, wastebasket, wastebaskets, workbasket, workbaskets. (additional references) | |
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"Bask" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Baak, Bagsik, baik, bak, Banska, basa, Basca, basf, baske, Basko, Basm, baso, basq, basw, basx, baz, Bcas, besm, bisc, biske, bisky, Blaszk, Bosc, Boscq, Bosk, Bpas, bsa, Bsaa, eask, fask, gask, jask, nask, uask, vask. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bask" (pronounced ba"sk) |
| 4 | b a" s k | basque. |
| 3 | -a" s k | ask, cask, flask, mask, task, unmask. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: kabs. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-k-s" | |
-1 letter: abs, ask, bas, kab, kas, sab, ska. | |
-2 letters: ab, as, ba, ka. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-k-s" | |
+1 letter: backs, bakes, balks, banks, barks, basks, beaks, kbars. | |
+2 letters: abakas, babkas, bakers, basked, basket, batiks, baulks, blacks, blanks, bleaks, brakes, branks, breaks, kababs, kabars, kabobs, kasbah, kebabs, kebars, kiblas. | |
+3 letters: arabesk, backers, backsaw, backset, backups, bakings, balkers, bankers, banksia, barkers, bashlyk, baskets, basking, battiks, beakers, berakes, bespake, bespeak, betakes, bhaktas, bhaktis, bipacks, boskage, britska, buckras, bucksaw, bytalks, chabuks, debarks, debeaks, embanks, embarks, imbarks, kabakas, kabalas, kabayas, kabikis, kabukis, kanbans, kasbahs, keblahs, kiblahs, kolbasi, kurbash, sackbut, sambuke, sawbuck, setback, sickbay, sjambok, skiable, subtask, sunback, tambaks, tombaks. | |
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