baskbask /bɑːsk $ bæsk/ verb [intransitive] 
Lizards were basking in the morning sun.2if a place basks in the sun, it is sunny and warmbask in Tenerife was basking in afternoon sunshine as they arrived.3to enjoy the approval or attention that you are getting from other peoplebask in She basked in the admiration of the media. → bask/bathe in somebody’s reflected glory at glory1(4)
WORD ORIGINbask
Origin:
1300-1400 Old Norse bathask, from batha ‘to take a bath’VERB TABLE
bask
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | bask |
| he, she, it | basks | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | basked |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have basked |
| he, she, it | has basked | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had basked |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will bask |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have basked |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am basking |
| he, she, it | is basking | |
| you, we, they | are basking | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was basking |
| you, we, they | were basking | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been basking |
| he, she, it | has been basking | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been basking |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be basking |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been basking |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- His boss sat on the forty-first floor and was still basking in the reflected glory of his minion.
- His opponent, on the other hand, can hop around the country on Air Force One, basking in presidential publicity.
- Mr Haynes is very proud, and is basking in the limelight.
- So everyone is basking in the increased popularity of the game.
- Telling the story, Savelli grinned, basking in the jittery afterglow of it.
- The woodstove is throwing off heat, and I bask in its glow.
Longman Language Activatorto enjoy getting a lot of praise, attention etc
to enjoy a situation where people are saying how good or successful you are: · The group were clearly basking in the crowd's adoration and applause.bask in the glory/glow (of something): · It was a tremendous victory for the team, and they sat back and basked in the glory.· For several months I'd been basking in the glow of graduation, but now it was time to get a job.
to enjoy a situation where you get a lot of attention or praise: · Barrymore clearly revels in the joy of entertaining an audience.· During his visit, the President seemed to revel in the limelight.
to enjoy getting a lot of attention or praise: lap up something: · We all lapped up the five-star treatment on the ship.lap something up: · Fred was in the middle of a group of girls, and was obviously lapping it up.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY She basked in the admiration of the media.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES I certainly don’t want to bask in any reflected glory.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
She basked in the admiration of the media. (=enjoy the fame and admiration you get)· Challenor basked in the glory of his achievement.
I certainly don’t want to bask in any reflected glory.· The paper-maker, Bowater, still basking in an optimistic profits forecast for the full year, firmed 7p to 507p.· For the moment, still basking a bit in the glow of the parade, I feel half hopeful.· The prime minister is still basking in the success of last month's conference on the ozone layer.· His boss sat on the forty-first floor and was still basking in the reflected glory of his minion.
NOUN· Another of my promotions, if you will allow me to bask a little in his glory.· His boss sat on the forty-first floor and was still basking in the reflected glory of his minion.· Nigel went on for years basking in the glory of his first book.· I certainly don't want to bask in any reflected glory.· A less ambitious painter would have been content merely to bask in the glory that his canvases had earned him.· She would have basked in the reflected glory of their marriages; she could have boasted of her sons-in-law for ever more.
· He would demand descriptions, basking in the glow, pausing to explain his technique like a tennis pro.· For one brief, shining moment, Edwin and his managers basked in the glow of beating back a competitive challenge.· The woodstove is throwing off heat, and I bask in its glow.
· The lizards seem to use their fringes to absorb heat while basking in the sun.· Shoppers peered into gallery windows and children basked in the afternoon sun, licking ice cream cones.· As they bask under the twin suns they hear noises coming from the Visualiser.· You are most at risk if you strip off to bask in blazing sun after a year covered up.
· During the summer, adders can often be found basking in the morning sunshine.· For almost everyone else, Royal Lytham was a pussycat basking in the sunshine.· Choose a spot where they can bask in plenty of sunshine each day.· Wentworth basked in sunshine, the fairways rolled before them, inviting and velvety.· The cool water is around my ankles as I sit on the bank, basking in the warm sunshine.· Tenerife was basking in afternoon sunshine as a taxi dropped them off at the sea-front.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1to enjoy sitting or lying in the heat of the sun or a firebask in- A less ambitious painter would have been content merely to bask in the glory that his canvases had earned him.
- And, on occasions like last Sunday's Baftas, bathe in reflected glory. % % % Overreaction?
- His boss sat on the forty-first floor and was still basking in the reflected glory of his minion.
- I certainly don't want to bask in any reflected glory.
- Nigel went on for years basking in the glory of his first book.
- She would have basked in the reflected glory of their marriages; she could have boasted of her sons-in-law for ever more.
Lizards were basking in the morning sun.2if a place basks in the sun, it is sunny and warmbask in Tenerife was basking in afternoon sunshine as they arrived.3to enjoy the approval or attention that you are getting from other peoplebask in She basked in the admiration of the media. → bask/bathe in somebody’s reflected glory at glory1(4)- operation
- operational
- operationally
- operational research
- Operation Desert Storm
- Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Operation Overlord
- operative
- operator
- operetta
- Ophelia
- ophthalmic
- ophthalmologist
- ophthalmology
- opiate
- opine
- opinion
- opinionated
- opinion-makers
- opinion poll
- opium
- opossum
- opp.
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert
- opponent