absorb
Senso (Inglese)
- (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.
- (obsolete, transitive) To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
- (transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
- (intransitive) To be absorbed, or sucked in; to sink in.
- (transitive) To take in energy and convert it.
- (transitive) To take in energy and convert it.
- (transitive) To take in energy and convert it.
- (transitive) To take in energy and convert it.
- (transitive) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully.
- (transitive) To occupy or consume time.
- (transitive) To assimilate mentally.
- (transitive) To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
- (transitive) To defray the costs.
- (transitive) To accept or purchase in quantity.
Concetti
assorbere
bere aspirando
sinonimi
be absorbed
have at one’s disposal
immersed in
Traduzioni
Frequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/əbˈzɔːb/
Etimologia (Inglese)
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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