Absorb
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Verb
Absorb (third-person singular simple present Absorbs, present participle Absorbing, simple past and past participle Absorbed)
- (transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to incorporate; to assimilate.
- (transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.
- (transitive) To learn
- (transitive) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or in the pursuit of wealth.
- (transitive) To consume completely.
- (transitive) To endure.
- (transitive) (physics) To take up by chemical or physical action.
- Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.
- (transitive, business) To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
Adverbs for Absorb
incessantly; wholly; passively; profoundly; partially; racially; nationally; intelligently; intellectually; physically; studiously; hurtfully; mentally; accretively; electively; vocationally; bibulously; crapulently; canniballistically; edaciously; intemperately; ghoulishly.
Synonyms for Absorb
- (to include so that it no longer has separate existence): assimilate, engulf, incorporate, swallow up, overwhelm, merge
- (to suck up or drink in): draw, drink in, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, steep, take in, take up
- (to learn): acquire, assimilate, ingest, learn, take in
- (to consume completely): use up
- (to occupy fully): engage, engross, immerse, monopolize, occupy
- (to endure): accommodate, bear, endure, sustain, withstand
- (finance: to assume or pay for): assume, bear, pay for
- to take in
- consume, exhaust, engulf, swallow
Antonyms for Absorb
- (physics: to take up by chemical or physical action): emit
- disgorge, disperse, eject, dissipate, exude, spew
Thesaurus
learn; master; mesmerize; metabolize; monopolize; monopolize the thoughts; obsess; obsess the mind; occupy; occupy the attention; occupy the mind; osmose; percolate in; permeate; predigest; preoccupy; read; realize; savvy; seep in; seize; seize the meaning; seize the mind; sense; sew up; slurp up; soak in; soak up; sorb; spellbind; spend; sponge; squander; suck dry; suck into; swallow; swallow up; swill up; take; take in; take up; tangle; understand; use up; waste away; wear away, monopolize, engross, ablate; absorb the attention; adsorb; appreciate; apprehend; appropriate; arrest; assimilate; be with one; bleed white; blot; blot up; burn up; buy up; catch; catch on; catch up in; charm; chemisorb; chemosorb; come uppermost; comprehend; conceive; concern; consume; corner; deplete; dig; digest; drain; drain of resources; draw in; drink; drink in; drink up; eat; eat up; embarrass; embody; enchant; engage; engage the attention; engage the mind; engage the thoughts; engross; engross the mind; engross the thoughts; enmesh; entangle; enthrall; erode; exercise; exhaust; expend; fascinate; fathom; fill the mind; filter in; finish; finish off; follow; get; get hold of; get the drift; get the idea; get the picture; gobble; gobble up; grab; grasp; grip; have; have it taped; hold; hold spellbound; hold the interest; hypnotize; imbibe; imbue; immerse; implicate; impoverish; impregnate; incorporate; infiltrate; infuse; ingest; interest; involve; involve the interest; ken; know;
Etymology
15th Century, from Old French, from Latin absorbeō (“absorb”), from ab (“from”) + sorbeō (“suck in”). Compare French absorber.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)b
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