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bask

See also: Bask and bäsk

English

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Etymology

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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.

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Verb

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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[1]:
      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[2]:
      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

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Derived terms

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English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeh₁- (0 c, 6 e)

Translations

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Noun

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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.”

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Albanian

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Noun

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bask m

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

Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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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/).

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Noun

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

bask m

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

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  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “bask”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[3], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 24

Swedish

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Noun

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bask c

  1. Basque; member of people

Declension

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