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bask verb [ bɑːsk ]

• lie exposed to warmth and light, typically from the sun, for relaxation and pleasure.
• "sprawled figures basking in the afternoon sun"
Similar: laze, lie, lounge, relax, sprawl, loll, sunbathe, sun oneself, warm oneself,
Origin: late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘bathe’): perhaps related to Old Norse batha ‘bathe’.


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