bask
bask is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat. Basks in the glare, and stems the tepid wave. Goldsmith.
- 2.To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial heat. Basks at the fire his hairy strength. Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- agreeable
- and
- animal
- bed
- bodily
- bonne
- bouche
- clover
- comfort
- comfortable
- cosy
- creature
- cup
- dainty
- dissipation
- drink
- ease
- eat
- enjoy
- enjoyment
- experience
- fat
- feast
- feel
- fine
- float
- give
- gloat
- gratification
- gusto
- happiness
- hedonism
- intemperance
- land
- lap
- linen
- live
- luxuriate
- luxurious
- luxury
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is bask.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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