absorbere — meaning in English
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English meaning
- absorb verb To soak up a liquid, gas, or other substance.
Senses
absorbere 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.]
absorb — full definition
- verb To soak up a liquid, gas, or other substance.
- verb To take in and reduce the force of an impact, sound, or shock.
- verb To fully occupy someone's attention or interest.
- verb To take on a cost so that others don't have to pay it.
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