absorb
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: 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.
Base: sorbeō
Affixes: ab-
Inflected forms:
form: absorbs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: absorbing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: absorbed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: absorbed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: absorpt
pos: verb
tags: archaic
participle
past
form: absorpt
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: absorb
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: absorb
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: absorbed
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: absorb
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: absorbest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: absorbed
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: absorbedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: absorbs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: absorbeth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: absorbed
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: absorb
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: absorbed
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: absorb
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: absorbed
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: absorb
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: absorbing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: absorbed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Dark oblivion soon absorbs them all.
In some countries, the large cities absorb the wealth and fashion of the nation; they are the only fixed abodes of elegant and intelligent society, and the country is inhabited almost entirely by boorish peasantry.
As a microbullet impacts the graphene, the diameter of the cone it creates – determined by later examination of the petals – provides a way to measure how much energy the graphene absorbs before breaking.
Wages absorbed 80% of the total revenue (which was inescapable), and they were rising at almost twice the rate of fares, which were pegged by law.
gloss: To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: to be absorpt, or swallowed up, in a lake of fire and brimstone.
gloss: To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To be absorbed, or sucked in; to sink in.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The drops of water slowly absorbed into the dry sponge.
gloss: To take in energy and convert it.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.
gloss: To take in energy and convert it.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To take in energy and convert it.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To take in energy and convert it.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Geeka was cooking dinner. As the little girl played she prattled continuously to her companion, propped in a sitting position with a couple of twigs. She was totally absorbed in the domestic duties of Geeka – so much so that she did not note the gentle swaying of the branches of the tree above her as they bent to the body of the creature that had entered them stealthily from the jungle.
Livonian affairs held him tight, and were to absorb him for many a year.
gloss: To occupy or consume time.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To assimilate mentally.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: If we fail to absorb the lessons of history, we are doomed to repeat them.
gloss: To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Among the most debatable is the contention that the profit margins of small employers are insufficient to absorb the costs of health insurance
gloss: To defray the costs.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I’ll absorb the charge for the window replacement.
gloss: To accept or purchase in quantity.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: bear
pay for
take in
Antonyms: emit
Related words: adsorb
Derived words: absorbability
absorbable
absorbance
absorbate
absorbefacient
absorbent
absorb oneself in
absorption
absorptive
bioabsorb
misabsorb
overabsorb
preabsorb
reabsorb
X-ray absorbing glass
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: اِتَّخَذَ
roman: ittaḵaḏa
lang: Bulgarian
word: абсорбирам
roman: absorbiram
lang: Catalan
word: absorbir
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 吸入
roman: xīrù
lang: Dutch
word: absorberen
lang: Dutch
word: in zich opnemen
lang: Dutch
word: intrekken
lang: Estonian
word: neelduma
lang: Finnish
word: absorboida
lang: Finnish
word: imeä
lang: Georgian
word: შეწოვა
roman: šec̣ova
lang: German
word: absorbieren
lang: Hungarian
word: tompít
lang: Hungarian
word: csillapít
lang: Hungarian
word: felfog
lang: Hungarian
word: abszorbeál
lang: Hungarian
word: elnyel
lang: Hungarian
word: felszív
lang: Hungarian
word: beszív
lang: Hungarian
word: befog
lang: Italian
word: assorbire
lang: Norwegian
word: absorbere
lang: Portuguese
word: absorver
lang: Russian
word: поглоща́ть
roman: pogloščátʹ
lang: Russian
word: поглоти́ть
roman: poglotítʹ
lang: Russian
word: вбира́ть
roman: vbirátʹ
lang: Russian
word: вобра́ть
roman: vobrátʹ
lang: Russian
word: впи́тывать
roman: vpítyvatʹ
lang: Russian
word: впита́ть
roman: vpitátʹ
lang: Russian
word: абсорби́ровать
roman: absorbírovatʹ
lang: Spanish
word: absorber
lang: Swedish
word: absorbera
lang: Swedish
word: uppta
lang: Thai
word: ดูดซับ
lang: Turkish
word: absorbe etmek
lang: Turkish
word: soğurmak
lang: Ukrainian
word: абсорбува́ти
roman: absorbuváty
lang: Arabic
word: تَحَمَّلَ
roman: taḥammala
lang: Arabic
word: قَاسَى
roman: qāsā
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 忍耐
roman: rěnnài
lang: Dutch
word: ondergaan
lang: Finnish
word: kestää
lang: Finnish
word: sietää
lang: German
word: aushalten
lang: German
word: ertragen
lang: Norwegian
word: utholde
lang: Swedish
word: absorbera
lang: Swedish
word: uppta