впи́тывать — meaning in English

English meaning

• absorb verb To soak up a liquid, gas, or other substance.
• soak verb To leave something in liquid until it becomes thoroughly wet.

Senses

впи́тывать 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.]
• internalize (transitive) To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself.
• soak (transitive) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
• suck up (transitive) To absorb (fluid).

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.

soak — full definition

1. verb To leave something in liquid until it becomes thoroughly wet.
2. verb Informal: to charge someone an excessive amount of money.
3. noun A period of being immersed in liquid.

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