вса́сывать — meaning in English

English meaning

• absorb verb To soak up a liquid, gas, or other substance.
• suck verb To draw liquid or air into the mouth using the lips and tongue.

Senses

вса́сывать is used for these senses in English:

• 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.]
• suck (transitive) To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast). [from 9th c.]
• suck (transitive) To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a mother etc.) to draw in milk. [from 11th c.]
• suck in (transitive) To draw inward using suction. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see suck,‎ in.

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.

suck — full definition

1. verb To draw liquid or air into the mouth using the lips and tongue.
2. verb To draw something in a particular direction, as if by suction.
3. verb To be very bad or unpleasant.

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