поглъщам — meaning in English

English meaning

• absorb verb To soak up a liquid, gas, or other substance.
• consume verb To eat or drink something.
• devour verb To eat something quickly and hungrily.
• engulf verb To completely surround or cover something, often suddenly and overwhelmingly.
• gulp verb To swallow quickly and in large amounts.
• imbibe verb To drink something, especially alcohol.
• ingest verb To take something, especially food or drink, into the body, usually by swallowing.
• swallow verb To move food or drink from the mouth down into the stomach.
• whelm verb To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.

Senses

поглъщам is used for these senses in English:

• absorb (transitive) 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. [first attested c. 1350 to 1470.]
• absorb (transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in. [first attested in the early 17th century.]
• consume (transitive) To destroy completely.
• devour (transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
• engulf (transitive) To surround; to cover; to submerge.
• gulp To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow.
• gulp down To eat very quickly without chewing the food properly.
• imbibe (figuratively) To take in; absorb.

absorb — full definition

1. verb To soak up a liquid, gas, or other substance.
2. verb To take in and reduce the force of an impact, sound, or shock.
3. verb To fully occupy someone's attention or interest.
4. verb To take on a cost so that others don't have to pay it.

consume — full definition

1. verb To eat or drink something.
2. verb To use up a resource such as time, energy, or fuel.
3. verb To occupy someone's attention or emotions completely.
4. verb To destroy something completely, especially by fire.

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