bask

See also: Bask and bäsk

English

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Wikipedia

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English basken, from Old Norse baðask (“to take a bath”, literally “to bathe oneself”), mediopassive form from underlying baða (“to bathe”) + sik (“oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *baþōną and *sek. Doublet of English bathe.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bäsk IPA^(key): /bɑːsk/
• (General American) enPR: băsk IPA^(key): /bæsk/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophones: Basque, basque (in some dialects)
• Rhymes: -æsk, -ɑːsk

Verb

bask (third-person singular simple present basks, present participle basking, simple past and past participle basked)

1. To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.

   to bask in the sun

   • 1764 December 19 (indicated as 1765), Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller, or A Prospect of Society. A Poem. […], London: […] J[ohn] Newbery, […], →OCLC, page 5:

     The naked Negro, panting at the line, / Baſks in the glare, or ſtems the tepid wave, / And thanks his Gods for all the good they gave.

   • 2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and Pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 48:

     There will be no problems with visibility, or the highly changeable Highland weather, as Scotland basks in what is reported to be the country's hottest September day for more than a century.

2. (figurative) To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (Usually followed by "in".)

   to bask in someone’s favour

   I basked in her love.

   • 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times‎:

     As President Obama turns his attention once again to filling out a cabinet and writing an Inaugural Address, this much is clear: he should not expect to bask in a surge of national unity, or to witness a crowd of millions overrun the Mall just to say they were there.

   • 2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎:

     On this evidence they will certainly face tougher tests, as a depleted Newcastle side seemed to bask in the relative security of being ninth in the table

Hyponyms

• (to be exposed to the sun's heat): apricate, sun

Derived terms

• abask
• bask in the sunshine

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeh₁- (0 c, 7 e)

Translations

to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat — see also sunbathe

Azerbaijani: günəşlənmək, özünü günə vermək, özünü günəşə vermək Dutch: baden (nl), zich koesteren (nl) Finnish: paistatella (fi) French: (colloquial) lézarder (fr), baigner (fr) Greek: λιάζομαι (el) (liázomai) Hungarian: sütkérezik (hu) Italian: crogiolarsi (it) Korean: 쬐다 (ko) (jjoeda) Maori: pāina, pāinaina, pārara Portuguese: tomar sol Spanish: lagartear (es), asolearse (es) Thai: ผิง (th) (pǐng), ผิงแดด, ผิงไฟ Ukrainian: грітися (hritysja) Welsh: torheulo (cy), bolaheulo (cy) (South), hinoni (SE)

to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness

Bulgarian: наслаждавам се (naslaždavam se) Catalan: gaudir (ca), disfrutar (ca) Dutch: (zich) koesteren (in), genieten (van), zwelgen (in), zijn hartje ophalen Finnish: paistatella (fi) German: genießen (de) Hungarian: sütkérezik (hu) Italian: crogiolarsi (it) Norwegian: kose seg Portuguese: gozar (pt), desfrutar (pt) Romanian: desfăta (ro) Spanish: disfrutar (es), gozar (es) Ukrainian: купатися (kupatysja)

Noun

bask (plural basks)

1. The act of bathing in warmth.

   Most cats enjoy a bask in the sunshine.

2. (collective) A group of crocodiles; the collective noun for crocodiles.
   • 2020 March, “COVID-19 threatens health systems in sub-Saharan Africa: the eye of the crocodile”, in Journal of Clinical Investigation, volume 130, number 6, page 2741:

     The threat of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to health systems in subSaharan Africa (SSA) can be compared metaphorically to a lake in Africa infested with a bask of crocodiles and the saying “the eye of the crocodile.”

Anagrams

• kabs

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˈask/

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Noun

bask m

1. Basque (person)
2. Basque (language)

Declension

Declension of bask

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bask	basku	baskë	baskët
accusative		baskun
dative	basku	baskut	baskëve	baskëve
ablative			baskësh

Adjective

bask (feminine baske)

1. Basque

Derived terms

• baski
• Baski

Further reading

• “bask”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Middle English

Adjective

bask

1. alternative form of baysk

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *baHjúš (“arm”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHȷ́ʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús. Compare Baluchi باسک (básk), Old Armenian բազուկ (bazuk), Parthian 𐫁𐫀𐫉𐫇𐫃 (bʾzwg /⁠bāzūg⁠/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːsk/

Noun

Central Kurdish	باسک (bask)
Southern Kurdish	بازوو (bazû)
Zazaki	bazi
Gurani	بازوو (bazû)

bask m

1. wing
2. feather
3. arm
4. wrist

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “bask”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 24

Swedish

Noun

bask c

1. Basque; member of people

Declension

Declension of bask

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bask	basks
	definite	basken	baskens
plural	indefinite	basker	baskers
	definite	baskerna	baskernas

Related terms

• baskiska
• baskisk
• Baskien

Anagrams

• baks