förbruka — meaning in English
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English meaning
- absorb verb To soak up a liquid, gas, or other substance.
- exhaust verb To use up something completely, or to wear someone out.
- expend verb To use up a resource such as time, money, or energy.
- spend verb To pay out money in exchange for something.
- use verb To employ something for a particular purpose.
Senses
förbruka 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.]
- exhaust (transitive, literally, figuratively) To use up; to deplete, drain or expend wholly, or use until the supply comes to an end.
- expend (transitive) To consume, exhaust (some resource).
- use (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
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.
exhaust — full definition
- verb To use up something completely, or to wear someone out.
- noun The waste gases released by an engine, or the system that carries them out.