imaista — meaning in English

English meaning

• absorb verb To soak up a liquid, gas, or other substance.
• aspirate verb To accidentally draw food, liquid or another foreign substance into the airway or lungs instead of swallowing it into the stomach.
• blot noun A spot or stain, especially of ink or a similar substance.
• pound noun The main unit of currency in the United Kingdom, and a unit of weight equal to 16 ounces (about 454 grams).

Senses

imaista 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.]
• aspirate (transitive) To remove a liquid or gas by means of suction.
• blot (transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
• pound (transitive, slang) To eat or drink very quickly.

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.

aspirate — full definition

1. verb To accidentally draw food, liquid or another foreign substance into the airway or lungs instead of swallowing it into the stomach.
2. verb To draw fluid, tissue or air out of a body cavity using suction, usually with a needle or tube.
3. verb To pronounce a sound with an audible puff of breath, as with the h in 'hat' or the p in 'pin'.
4. noun A consonant sound made with a puff of breath, or the letter representing it.

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