вбирать — meaning in English

English meaning

• absorb verb To soak up a liquid, gas, or other substance.
• consume verb To eat or drink something.
• retract verb To pull something back in, especially a part that extends outward.

Senses

вбирать 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 absorb information, especially through the mass media.
• retract To pull (something) back or back inside.

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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