imeä — meaning in English
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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.
- soak verb To leave something in liquid until it becomes thoroughly wet.
- suck verb To draw liquid or air into the mouth using the lips and tongue.
- suckle verb To feed a baby or young animal with milk from a breast or udder.
- wick noun The braided cord in a candle or lamp that soaks up fuel to feed the flame.
Senses
imeä 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.
- soak (transitive) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
- suckle (transitive) To give suck to; to nurse at the breast, udder, or dugs.
- wick (transitive) Of a material (especially a textile): to convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
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.
aspirate — full definition
- verb To accidentally draw food, liquid or another foreign substance into the airway or lungs instead of swallowing it into the stomach.
- verb To draw fluid, tissue or air out of a body cavity using suction, usually with a needle or tube.
- verb To pronounce a sound with an audible puff of breath, as with the h in 'hat' or the p in 'pin'.
- noun A consonant sound made with a puff of breath, or the letter representing it.