absorb
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～ cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"
absorb
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～ assimilate or take in; "The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society"
absorb
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～ take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
absorb
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～ devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies"
absorb
— Verb
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～ take up, as of debts or payments; "absorb the costs for something"
absorb
— Verb
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～ suck or take up or in; "A black star absorbs all matter"
absorb
— Verb
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～ take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"
absorb
— Verb
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～ consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
absorbable
— Adjective
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～ capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface
absorbance
— Noun
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～ (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
absorbate
— Noun
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～ a material that has been or is capable of being absorbed
absorbed
— Adjective
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～ giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "enwrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought"
absorbed
— Adjective
– English
～ retained without reflection; "the absorbed light intensity"
absorbefacient
— Adjective
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～ inducing or promoting absorption
absorbency
— Noun
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～ the property of being absorbent
absorbent
— Adjective
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～ having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.); "as absorbent as a sponge"
absorbent
— Noun
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～ a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance
absorber
— Noun
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～ (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation
absorbing
— Adjective
– English
～ capable of arousing and holding the attention; "a fascinating story"
absorptance
— Noun
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～ a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber; "absorptance equals 1 minus transmittance"