omaksua — meaning in English
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English meaning
- absorb verb To soak up a liquid, gas, or other substance.
- adopt verb To legally take a child into your family as your own.
- assimilate verb To take in and fully understand new information or ideas.
- assume verb To accept something as true without proof.
- borrow verb To take or receive something temporarily, intending to give it back.
- embrace verb To hold someone closely in your arms as a sign of affection; to hug.
- espouse verb To adopt a belief, cause or way of life and openly support it.
- imbibe verb To drink something, especially alcohol.
- perform verb To carry out an action or task.
Senses
omaksua 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.]
- adopt To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
- adopt To select and take or approve.
- assimilate (transitive) To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.
- assume To take on a position, duty or form
- assume To adopt (an idea or cause)
- borrow To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
- embrace (transitive, figuratively) To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass.
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.
adopt — full definition
- verb To legally take a child into your family as your own.
- verb To take a pet or cause under your care, or to start using an idea, method, or practice.