Australian and New Zealand English for sunbathing — lying in the sun to tan. The 'bake' element is more vivid and physical than 'bathe,' implying intense heat rather than gentle exposure. Used freely across Australia and New Zealand as the standard informal term for the activity. As a noun, it can also refer to the session of sunbathing itself.
They spent the whole afternoon sunbaking on the beach and came home looking like lobsters.
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To bake in the sun.
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(Australia, New Zealand) To sunbathe.
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(AU, NZ) A session of sunbathing.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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