Verb

(en verb)

To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.

to bask in the sun

* Goldsmith

basks in the glare, and stems the tepid wave.

(figurative) To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (This verb is usually followed by "in").

I basked in her love.

to bask in someone's favour

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, passage=As President Obama turns his attention once again to filling out a cabinet and writing an Inaugural Address, this much is clear: he should not expect to bask in a surge of national unity, or to witness a crowd of millions overrun the Mall just to say they were there.}}

* {{quote-news, year=2011

, date=April 10 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=On this evidence they will certainly face tougher tests, as a depleted Newcastle side seemed to bask in the relative security of being ninth in the table}}

Verb

To wind off; to loose or separate; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread, to unwind a ball of yarn

Could you unwind about a foot of ribbon so I can finish the package?

(obsolete) To disentangle

* 1836 , , The Works of Richard Hooker , Volume 4, page 27:

... but being not so skilful as in every point to unwind themselves where the snares of glossing speech do lie to entangle them, ...

(slang) To relax; to chill out; as, to rest and relieve of stress

After work, I like to unwind by smoking a pipe while reading the paper.

To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.