absorb
Significat (Anglès)
- 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.
- (obsolete) To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
- To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
- To be absorbed, or sucked in; to sink in.
- To take in energy and convert it.
- To take in energy and convert it.
- To take in energy and convert it.
- To take in energy and convert it.
- To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully.
- To occupy or consume time.
- To assimilate mentally.
- To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
- To defray the costs.
- To accept or purchase in quantity.
Sinònims
be absorbed
have at one’s disposal
concentrate one’s attention
study carefully
take an inspiration
suck to grasp
sink in to feel
absorption
be penetrated with
encroach upon
immersed in
Freqüència
Amb guionet com a
ab‧sorb
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/əbˈzɔːb/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
From Middle French absorber, from Old French assorbir, from Latin absorbeō (“swallow up”), from ab- (“from”) + sorbeō (“suck in, swallow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- (“to sip”). Compare French absorber.
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