beek

[ beek ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to bask or warm in the sunshine or before a fireplace, stove, or bonfire.
2. (of wood) to season by exposure to heat.

noun

1. Obsolete. the act of basking or warming by a fire.

Word History and Origins

Origin of beek¹

1200–50; Middle English beken, akin to bake (perhaps < Germanic *bōkjan )

Example Sentences

James Van Der Beek says a tabloid threat prompted him to quickly go public with his cancer diagnosis: ‘There’s no playbook for how to announce these things.’

From Los Angeles Times

“Dawson’s Creek” star James Van Der Beek, who recently disclosed that he had been diagnosed with colorectal cancer, is apologizing to his loved ones who learned about his illness through the media.

From Los Angeles Times

Van Der Beek did not specify what type of colorectal cancer he had been diagnosed with, but he told People that “there’s reason for optimism.”

From Los Angeles Times

Van Der Beek, who relocated his wife and six children to Texas from California in 2020, is next set to appear in the Tubi Romance “Sidelined: The QB and Me” and “The Real Full Monty,” a TV special airing in December in which he and other celebrities will participate in a striptease to bring awareness to prostate, testicular and colorectal cancer testing and research.

From Los Angeles Times

American actor James Van Der Beek says he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer.

From BBC