Front | bask |
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Back | BrE /bɑːsk/NAmE /bæsk/verb [intransitive] ~ (in sth)to enjoy sitting or lying in the heat or light of sth, especially the sun We sat basking in the warm sunshine. A cat was basking on the windowsill. ˈbask in sthto enjoy the good feelings that you have when other people praise or admire you, or when they give you a lot of attention He had always basked in his parents' attention. I never minded basking in my wife's reflected glory (= enjoying the praise, attention, etc. she got). |
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