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absorb English

Meaning absorb meaning

What does absorb mean?
Definitions in simple English

absorb Verb

— If something is absorbed, it is sucked or soaked up (usually a liquid). The sponge absorbed the spilled water. — If you absorb something, you take it in and use it; you learn it. The teacher was good, I absorbed everything that she said. Your brain is able to absorb lots of information. — If something absorbs your time, it takes all it up; it occupies all of your time. The job absorbs all of my time during the busy season.

absorb

— verb become imbued The liquids, light, and gases absorb — verb take up mentally he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe — verb (= draw, take in) take in, also metaphorically The sponge absorbs water well She drew strength from the minister's words — verb take up, as of debts or payments absorb the costs for something — verb cause to become one with The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax — verb suck or take up or in A black star absorbs all matter — verb (= immerse) devote (oneself) fully to He immersed himself into his studies — verb consume all of one's attention or time Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely — verb assimilate or take in The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society

Synonyms absorb synonyms

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absorb English » English

take in assimilate soak up engross imbibe ingest suck suck up suck in engulf digest swallow occupy immerse take over incorporate engage devour take up sop up preoccupy plunge inhale drink in drink draw in take steep sip receive permeability occlude have at one’s disposal fascinate embrace draw corner be absorbed attract assume annex adopt withdraw whelm take an inspiration swallow up suction suck to grasp study carefully strike

Topics absorb topics

What do people use absorb to talk about?
Universe, creation Water

Wet
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Take something out of something

Conjugation absorb conjugation

How do you conjugate absorb?

absorb · verb

Examples absorb examples

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Simple sentences

This paper does not absorb ink.
Trees give off oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide.
He tried to absorb as much of the local culture as possible.
I tried to absorb as much of local culture as possible.
This paper doesn't absorb ink.
Sunblock contains chemicals that can reflect or absorb the ultraviolet light.
These pajamas absorb sweat well.
Rugs absorb sound.
As trees grow, they absorb carbon from the atmosphere.

Movie subtitles

Sour candies to absorb the toxicity. Oh, Gatorade?
And we want that you, German boys and girls. will absorb everything that we wish for Germany.
That you'd see the sights, absorb a lot of history and go back to your boys.
Suddenly, while you're asleep. they'll absorb your minds, your memories. and you're reborn into an untroubled world.
They'll absorb bullets and shrapnel. and by doing so make it possible for others to get through.
Are we to wait till paganism and heresy absorb Christianity?
They have sensory response, they absorb and expend energy.
Royal Prince of Egypt. But - first of all. I want you to absorb some of the atmosphere much as it must have been to those intrepid explorers led my my great and good friend, Sir Giles Dalrymple your premiere archaeologist.
We absorb only a very special form of animal vitality.
Gotta slap the floor to absorb the energy when you fall.
It cannot absorb much more energy!
Train these prisoners in as much of the behind-the-lines operations. as they can absorb in a brief but unspecified time.
You must quickly spray the monster with guilalanium, thus blocking it's ability to absorb energy.
Perhaps his system cannot absorb the crucial element.
There's a lot to absorb in so short a time.
They absorb bullets and shrapnel, making it possible for others to get through.
Whenever I felt well enough to absorb the shock, I found no difficulty in moving small objects.
I don't know any other way to absorb knowledge, Matron.
And then, when suddenly they grow up and they talk of having children of their own, it's a little difficult for parents to absorb quite so quickly.
Where, when, how had this little Countess, reared in silk and velvet by a French governess, ever managed to absorb, with only the air she breathed, this manner that was so typically Russian?
Give you a chance to absorb some of his Eastern philosophy.
Fortunately, you have four police departments to absorb public criticism.
Sour candies to absorb the toxicity.
Not only can he withstand any force we're able to throw against him, but he will actually absorb that energy.
They'll absorb bullets and shrapnel, and by doing so make it possible for others to get through.
Boats absorb water when they're afloat. Wood expands when it's in water.
You've got to slap the floor to absorb the energy when you fall.
It was as if something ENORMOUS and TERRIFIC was trying to absorb me!
It will absorb the Cyber control signal.
I sea did not absorb me by its furious storms.
Is it possible the vegetation could absorb the water directly from the air?
They will absorb.

News and current affairs

I would start by keeping in mind that some countries' capacity to absorb advice is limited, so it should be offered in smaller portions.
The agreement on climate change reached at Heiligendamm by the G8 leaders merely sets the stage for the real debate to come: how will we divide up the diminishing capacity of the atmosphere to absorb our greenhouse gases?
Third, the richer nations are better able than less well-off nations to absorb the costs of fixing the problem without causing serious harm to their populations.
The fairness of giving every person on earth an equal share of the atmosphere's capacity to absorb our greenhouse gas emissions is difficult to deny.
Meanwhile, the ability to backstop, ring-fence, and bail out banks and other financial institutions is constrained by politics and near-insolvent sovereigns' inability to absorb additional losses from their banking systems.
Governments absorb the excess of private savings over private investment and re-inject it into the global economy, thereby stabilizing aggregate demand and the financial system.
If that high level of government borrowing occurs, it will absorb all of the available household savings even at the current elevated level.
The output gap reflects a deficit of more than 12 million jobs - the number of jobs needed to return to the economy's peak 2007 employment level and absorb the 125,000 people who enter the labor force each month.
Trade and foreign direct investment have made it much easier for emerging countries to absorb and adapt best-practice technology invented in the advanced economies.
This is what makes today's beggar-thy-neighbor policies so destructive: though some countries will eventually have to absorb the surpluses and capital, each country is trying to avoid them.
The second lesson is that the death penalty debate should not absorb all our attention.
Moreover, forests absorb intense rainfall, thereby reducing the risk of flooding.
Television is attractive to the architecture of the human nervous system: our brains are built to absorb information and follow rapid changes in the sensory field.
Constant change and the appearance of excitement absorb viewers' attention.
If the slowdown in advanced countries persists, pre-crisis growth levels will not be achievable in the developing world either, owing to insufficient demand to absorb the implied increase in output.
As they absorb their losses on US treasury and agency securities, capital flows toward the US will diminish.
Since the world does not export to Mars, some countries have to absorb these goods, and accept the capital inflows that finance their consumption.
If workfare replaces welfare, wages will become more flexible enabling EU labor markets to absorb immigrants more efficiently.
The fairness of giving every person on earth an equal share of the atmosphere's capacity to absorb our greenhouse gas emissions is difficult to deny. Why should anyone have a greater entitlement than others to use the earth's atmosphere?

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