Crossword clues for basking
basking
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bask \Bask\ (b[.a]sk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Basked (b[.a]skt); p. pr. & vb. n. Basking.] [OScand. ba[eth]ask to bathe one's self, or perh. bakask to bake one's self, sk being reflexive. See Bath, n., Bake, v. t.] To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat.
Basks in the glare, and stems the tepid wave.
--Goldsmith.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1742, present participle adjective from bask (v.). Basking shark is recorded from 1769.
Wiktionary
n. The act of one who basks. vb. (present participle of bask English)
Wikipedia
Basking may refer to:
- Basking in reflected glory, associating oneself with successful other such that their success becomes one's own
- Basking Ridge, New Jersey, unincorporated area in Bernards Township in the Somerset Hills region of Somerset County, New Jersey
- Basking Ridge (NJT station), New Jersey Transit station in Bernards Township, New Jersey
- Basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus, is the second largest living fish, after the whale shark
- Basking, behaviour used to raise body temperature, exhibited by some animals (see ectotherm)
Usage examples of "basking".
For a while the conversation had been lively and friendly, and Ana had sat on her barstool, sipping her Coke and basking in the new ambiance.
It had driven their ATV across the mountains and down to the Penskava farm in the uplands above Basking Springs.
He stood, silently absorbing her like a plant basking in the rays of the sun.
Hunkapa Aub sprawled nearby, basking gloriously in the heat of midday.
They found Shimoda there, lying on a straining imitation-wood lounge, basking in the sun like a beached beluga.
The Autothor blazed briefly as it addressed the contented humans who lay on the shore of the artificial ocean, basking in the warm heat of an artificial sun.
Then all things around them, below and above, Were basking as now in the sunshine of love-- In the days that are gone, by this sweet-flowing stream.
After a while of basking in pleasant silence in the spring sun, as if she had just that instant recalled their conversation, she turned back to him.
The ranger nodded, and gradually, as he dismissed the negative assumptions and began basking in the reality of the situation, a smile widened across his handsome face.
Gwaltney had found himself basking in the effervescence of her presence.