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Synonyms for bask

lie

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bask in

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Synonyms for bask

to take extravagant pleasure

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Synonyms for bask

derive or receive pleasure from

be exposed

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He needed to bask himself in that smile, he said, in order that the chill of so many lonely hours among his books might be taken off the scholar's heart.
And as each and all of them were warmed without by the sun, so each had a private little sun for her soul to bask in; some dream, some affection, some hobby, at least some remote and distant hope which, though perhaps starving to nothing, still lived on, as hopes will.
May basks in her Conservatism - and is never far away from Thatcher.
Percentage of time spent basking and basking rate (number of basks per minute) were negatively related to [T.sub.e], although average bask duration was not.
Later Jenifer Weaver, whose long, gorgeous legs are sheer eloquence, basks on him like an odalisque and peels off with a back walkover.
HOT: Aberdeen Babe Tara; BEACH BABE: Jennifer Keellings basks in the sun at Portobello before paddling in the sea
THE region basked in sunshine on the first day of the Easter weekend yesterday.