absorb

Significado (Inglês)

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.

take in

assimilate

be absorbed

have at one’s disposal

concentrate one’s attention

study carefully

move in on

take an inspiration

suck to grasp

sink in to feel

absorption

be penetrated with

encroach upon

immersed in

Freqüência

Hifenizado como

ab‧sorb

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/əbˈzɔːb/

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.