поглоща́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• absorb verb To soak up a liquid, gas, or other substance.
• consume verb To eat or drink something.
• engulf verb To completely surround or cover something, often suddenly and overwhelmingly.
• fret verb To worry or feel anxious about something.
• gobble verb To eat quickly and greedily.
• imbibe verb To drink something, especially alcohol.
• ingest verb To take something, especially food or drink, into the body, usually by swallowing.
• overwhelm verb To completely overpower someone or something, whether physically or emotionally.

Senses

поглоща́ть 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 completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
• consume (transitive) To destroy completely.
• engulf (transitive) To surround; to cover; to submerge.
• fret (ambitransitive) To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
• gobble To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)
• gobble up (transitive) To consume [something] rapidly.

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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