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absorb
/æbˈsɔɹb/
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What does absorb mean?
verb
- To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
- To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
- To be absorbed, or sucked in; to sink in.
More meanings (11)
verb
- To take in energy and convert it.
- in receiving a physical impact or vibration without recoil.
- in receiving sound energy without repercussion or echo.
- taking in radiant energy and converting it to a different form of energy, like heat.
- To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully.
- To occupy or consume time.
- To assimilate mentally.
- To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
- To defray the costs.
- To accept or purchase in quantity.
- (obsolete) To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
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IPA pronunciation
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McLean laughed, for Freckles needed to see or hear only once to absorb learning as the thirsty earth sucks up water.
The tendency of the legislative authority to absorb every other, has been fully displayed and illustrated by examples in some preceding numbers.
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The notion that a pupil operating with such material will somehow absorb the intelligence that went originally to its shaping is fallacious.
It often continues to absorb CO2 for hundreds or thousands of years before being saturated, as is found in the Egyptian pyramids.
Local economists estimate that the economy must grow between 5% and 6% in real terms annually to absorb all of the new entrants.