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поглъ́щане — meaning in English

poglashtane

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English meaning

  • absorption noun The process of taking in and incorporating a substance, such as light, heat, or liquid.
  • assimilation noun The process of taking in and absorbing something, whether ideas, nutrients, or a group of people into a wider culture.
  • ingestion noun The act of taking something into the body, such as food, drink, or medicine.

Senses

поглъ́щане is used for these senses in English:

  • absorption The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
  • assimilation The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.
  • assimilation The metabolic conversion of nutrients into tissue.
  • imbibition The act of imbibing.
  • ingestion The process of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the first step of digestion.

absorption — full definition

  1. noun The process of taking in and incorporating a substance, such as light, heat, or liquid.
  2. noun A total engrossment of someone's attention or interest.

assimilation — full definition

  1. noun The process of taking in and absorbing something, whether ideas, nutrients, or a group of people into a wider culture.
  2. noun In linguistics, a sound change in which one speech sound becomes more like a neighboring sound.

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