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absorb
[ ab-sawrb, -zawrb ]
verb (used with object)
- to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up:
A sponge absorbs water.
- to swallow up the identity or individuality of; incorporate:
The empire absorbed many small nations.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- to involve the full attention of; to engross or engage wholly:
so absorbed in a book that he did not hear the bell.
- to occupy or fill:
This job absorbs all of my time.
- to take up or receive by chemical or molecular action:
Carbonic acid is formed when water absorbs carbon dioxide.
- to take in without echo, recoil, or reflection:
to absorb sound and light; to absorb shock.
- to take in and utilize:
The market absorbed all the computers we could build. Can your brain absorb all this information?
- to pay for (costs, taxes, etc.):
The company will absorb all the research costs.
- Archaic. to swallow up.
absorb
/ 蓹b藞s蓴藧b; -藞z蓴藧b /
verb
- to soak or suck up (liquids)
- to engage or occupy (the interest, attention, or time) of (someone); engross
- to receive or take in (the energy of an impact)
- physics to take in (all or part of incident radiated energy) and retain the part that is not reflected or transmitted
- to take in or assimilate; incorporate
- to accept and find a market for (goods, etc)
- to pay for as part of a commercial transaction
the distributor absorbed the cost of transport
- chem to cause to undergo a process in which one substance, usually a liquid or gas, permeates into or is dissolved by a liquid or solid Compare adsorb
hydrochloric acid absorbs carbon dioxide
porous solids absorb water
Derived Forms
- 补产藢蝉辞谤产补藞产颈濒颈迟测, noun
- 补产藞蝉辞谤产补产濒别, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 补产路蝉辞谤产顎僡路产濒别 adjective
- 补产路蝉辞谤产顎卆路产颈濒顎僫路迟测 noun
- non顎叢共凡醮前卆路产颈濒顎僫路迟测 noun
- non顎叢共凡醮前僡路产濒别 adjective
- 辞顎卾别谤路补产路蝉辞谤产顎 verb (used with object)
- 辫谤别顎卆产路蝉辞谤产顎 verb
- 谤别顎卆产路蝉辞谤产顎 verb (used with object)
- un顎叢共凡醮前僡路产濒别 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of absorb1
Example Sentences
Matt Hale, the city鈥檚 deputy mayor of finance, innovation and operations, said the three departments being absorbed by the Community Investment for Families Department have responsibilities that sometimes overlap.
Unlike eating fresh fruit - which is much better for a child - pureeing releases sugar from inside fruit cell walls and can be absorbed much more quickly.
Many plants absorb the toxin into their tissues, which makes it dangerous to eat root vegetables or leafy greens growing in lead-laced soil.
China is the world's second-largest economy, which means it can absorb the impacts of the tariffs better than other smaller countries.
Emma is adamant Terry's hand saved her life as well, absorbing the brunt of the point-blank blast.
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