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Absorb; Absorbs; Absorbent; Absorbtion; Absorbed; Absorbency; Absorption (physics); Absorption (disambiguation)
absorb
v. (D; tr.) to absorb into (the small firms were absorbed into large cartels)
absorb
v. a.
1.
Imbibe, take in, take up, suck in, suck up, drink in, appropriate, assimilate.
2.
Consume, exhaust, destroy, engorge, devour, engulf, swallow up.
3.
Engross, engage, immerse, occupy, arrest, fix, rivet.
Absorb
·vt To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth.
II. Absorb ·vt To suck up; to drink in; to Imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.
III. Absorb ·vt To swallow up; to Engulf; to Overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to Include.
IV. Absorb ·vt To take up by cohesive, chemical, or any molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases. So heat, light, and electricity are absorbed or taken up in the substances into which they pass.
Examples of use of absorb
1. Substances that absorb every smidgeon of incoming visible light could complement existing stealth coatings that absorb radar waves, Lin said.
2. "We have tried our best to absorb as many of these inflationary costs as possible, but unfortunately, despite our best efforts, we cannot absorb them all.
3. "This is a day for trying to absorb what has happened, giving Ian Paisley the space to absorb it also and put it to the two governments.
4. "The economy will absorb them, but certainly not instantly and the question is to what degree will it absorb them," said Challenger.
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