bask

Meanings

1. To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.
2. To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (Usually followed by "in".)

1. The act of bathing in warmth.
2. A group of crocodiles; the collective noun for crocodiles.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English basken, 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.