The meaning of BASK is to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere. How to use bask in a sentence.

Phrasal verb bask in something (Definition of basking from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

To expose oneself to pleasant warmth. 2. To take great pleasure or satisfaction: "an opportunity to bask in the genteel applause of the faithful" (Paul A. Witteman).

To bask in something is to take it in, receive its warmth, or bathe in its goodness. On the first warm day of the spring, you may bask in the sunshine. When you win the Pulitzer, you bask in your own glory.

We sat basking in the sun. Tourists were basking on the beaches. He stood before the audience, basking in their applause.

Definition of bask verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. bask (in something) to enjoy sitting or lying in the heat or light of something, especially the sun. We sat basking in the warm …

If you bask in someone's approval, favor, or admiration, you greatly enjoy their positive reaction toward you. He has spent a month basking in the adulation of the fans back in Jamaica. Collins COBUILD …