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Sometimes crocodiles would come up out of the water and bask, and now and then water birds would explore the mud and rocky ribs that rose out of it, in a mood of transitory speculation.

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  1. intransitive verb To expose oneself to pleasant warmth.
  2. intransitive verb To take great pleasure or satisfaction: "an opportunity to bask in the genteel applause of the faithful” (Paul A. Witteman).

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  • So this cock-bask took off in all haste - i.e., a fast snail's pace-for the Dead Forest, where the lone some hen basked, and the problem had been solved. —  Centaur Aisle
  • While it won't be the same as it ever was, an Obama presidency will give the Religious Right an opportunity to bask in the glow of martyrdom and seize the mantle of underdog, while it raises hundreds of millions of dollars for its political campaigns and the never-ending —  Talk To Action
  • Sick of playing Guitar Hero by yourself and seek an audience to bask in your button-pushing dexterity?
  • Variety that they won't bask in easy nostalgia but will make the show reflect the modern realities of the music industry. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Have a good evening, and bask in the glow as long as you can, of our Victory! —  Democratic National Committee
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bask:   basked ·  basking
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  1. Middle English basken.

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  1. from Middle English basken, from Icelandic *badhask, now badhast, bathe one's self, from badha, = English bathe, + sik = German sich, reflex. pron., one's self; less prob. from Icelandic *bakask, now bakast, warm one's self at the fire, from baka, = English bake, + sik, as above. Cf. Swedish dial. basa sig i solen, bask in the sun; badfisk, fishes basking in the sun; Low German sich baken, warm one's self in the sun, literally bake one's self; North. English and Scots beak, bask, literally bake. For the form, cf. busk.
  2. from bask, v.
  3. Scots, properly baisk, from Middle English bask, baisk, from Icelandic beiskr = Swedish Danish besk, bitter, acrid.
  4. English dial., obsolete: see bash.
 

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