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Meaning of absorb

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

absorb

Pronunciation:/əbˈsɔːb//æbˈsɔɹb/

verb

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.

  3. To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.

  4. To take in energy and convert it, as

    Example: Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.