Look up: absorb

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   absorb
   [v] - suck or take up or in 2. [v] - take up, as of debts or payments 3. [v] - become imbued 4. [v] - take in, also metaphorically 5. [v] - take up, as of knowledge or beliefs 6. [v] - engage or engross wholly 7. [v] - cause to become one with
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   Absorb
   To transform radiant energy into a different form, with a resultant rise in temperature. See also: Absorption.
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   Absorb
   Absorb: 1. To take something in, as through the skin or the intestine. 2. To react with radiation and reduce it in intensity, as with a dose of radiation or transmitted light. See also: Absorbed dose; Absorption; Malabsorption; Reabsorption.
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   Absorb
   Ab·sorb' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Absorbed ; present participle & verbal noun Absorbing .] [ Latin absorbere ; ab + sorbere to suck in, akin to Greek ...: confer French absorber .] 1. To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use u ...
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   absorb
   <chemistry> To take up liquid or other matter. ... See: absorption. ... (15 Jan 1998) ...
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   absorb
   take over verb take up, as of debts or payments; `absorb the costs for something`
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   absorb
   take in verb suck or take up or in; `A black star absorbs all matter`
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   absorb
   suck verb take in, also metaphorically; `The sponge absorbs water well`; `She drew strength from the minister`s words`
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   absorb
   assimilate verb take up mentally; `he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe`
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    absorb
    verb cause to become one with; `The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax`
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    absorb
    engage verb engage or engross wholly; `Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely`
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    absorb
    (ab-sorb´) to take in or assimilate, as to take up substances into or across tissues, such as the skin or intestine. to stop particles of radiation energy so that their energy is totally transferred to the absorbing material. to retain specific wavelengths of radiation incident upon a substance, ei...
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    Absorb
    • (v. t.) To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include. • (v. t.) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body. • (v. t.) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth. • (v. t.) To take...
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    absorb
    absorb 1. To swallow up, to include or take a thing into the loss of its separate existence; to incorporate. 2. To be swallowed up, or comprised in, so as to no longer exist separately. 3. To engross, or to completely engage the attention or faculties. 4. To take up (imponderable agents) by chemical or molecular action. 5. To assume the burden of ...
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