bask

Word: bask

Context sentence: Some months later in Indian, I stood on a remote bluff overlooking the Girwa River near the Nepalese border. A quarter of a mile away on a sandbar basked three bulky green gharials.

Source: //National Geographic//

Definition:[intransitive] to enjoy sitting or lying in the heat of the sun or a fire eg: Lizards were basking in the morning sun.