bask
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
She relished her fame and basked in her glory
Types & categories
- feast one's eyes hyponym
- devour hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
be exposed
The seals were basking in the sun
Types & categories
- lie hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | enjoyment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | enjoyment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | zest |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | enjoyer |
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | like |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | feast one's eyes |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | devour |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | lie |