Word Finder - absorb

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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.

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To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.

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

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To take in energy and convert it, as

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

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To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully

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To occupy or consume time.

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Assimilate mentally.

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To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.

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To defray the costs.

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To accept or purchase in quantity.

I have enough acreage and cattle to absorb some of the loss.

My guess is we won't have to absorb all this information.

He had forgotten what it felt like to just let go and let the magic absorb him.

That necklace will absorb new magic and prevent him from accessing the depths of his current store.

As they approached Jackson's car, he said, "I'm going to need some time to absorb all this before I can even begin to figure out what to do."

She can absorb and channel the gifts of others.

Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium and phosphorus.

Exercise helps your muscles absorb glucose.

Smart creams that let your skin absorb an optimal amount of sunlight.

It is from such films that the root-hairs absorb all that plants require for their growth.

The unexpected information was coming so fast it was hard to absorb.

In another form of apparatus advantage is taken of the property possessed by sodium-potassium peroxide of giving off oxygen when damped; the residue of caustic soda and potash yielded by the reaction is used to absorb the carbonic acid of the expired air.

The subsoil not unfrequently contains materials which are deleterious to the growth of crops, and roots descending into it may absorb and convey these poisonous substances to other parts of the plant or be themselves damaged by contact with them.

Submerged leaves are usually filamentous or narrowly ribbonshaped, thus exposing a large amount of surface to the water, some of the dissolved gases of which they must absorb, and into which they must also excrete certain gases.

These are some of the questions which must absorb the energies of the rising generation of economists.

The best way to absorb vitamins and minerals from food is from fresh, raw sources.

It wasn't designed to absorb perspiration and probably cost twice the price of a David Dean suit, at least the last time he'd purchased one.

In the future, we will paint surfaces with substances full of nanites that will absorb sunlight and turn it into electricity, transforming any object we paint into a clean energy creator.

To control the speed and Brakes absorb this energy, brakes have to be provided.

It may be more conveniently prepared by passing the vapour of sulphur over red hot charcoal, the unccndensed gases so produced being led into a tower containing plates over which a vegetable oil is allowed to flow in order to absorb any carbon bisulphide vapour, and then into a second tower containing lime, which absorbs any sulphuretted hydrogen.

Besides being lightweight, they absorb sweat, allowing you to feel cooler while exercising.

His political and courtly employments, however, did not absorb all his time, and he contributed during his stay in Bavaria a number of papers to the Philosophical Transactions.

Loeb found experimentally that increase of metabolic products in muscle greatly raised its osmotic pressure, and so it would absorb water from a relatively concentrated sodium chloride solution.

Men do not eat an animal for which they have a reverential dread, or if they eat it at all, it is only in a sacramental feast and in order to absorb into themselves its life and holy properties.

Seeking for commercial profit, not in the exchange of commodities, but solely in the acquisition of actual gold and silver, and realizing that the home market could not absorb a tithe of the merchandise imported, the Lisbon capitalists sent their ships to discharge in Antwerp (where a Portuguese staple was established in 1503), or in some other port near the central markets of Europe.

Hitherto Charles had aimed at supporting the weaker Slavonic power against the stronger; but now that Muscovy seemed about to disappear from among the nations of Europe, Swedish statesmen naturally sought some compensation for the expenses of the war before Poland had had time to absorb everything.

In 1900 the government of New Zealand made overtures to absorb Fiji.

These cabinets also serve to absorb and mask odors.

They absorb sweat and keep your feet cool.

As you land, plié again to absorb the shock of the jump.

Bases of the alkali metals give with it four series of salts; these are stable except in alkaline solutions, in which they absorb oxygen and turn brown.

The resistance of clay to percolation by water depends chiefly upon the density of the clay, while that density is rapidly reduced if the clay is permitted to absorb water.

If this is done, the largest possible quantity of clay will be slowly but surely forced into any space, and, being prevented from expanding, it will be unable subsequently to absorb more water.

The earl of Richmond had been selected by the conspirators as their figure-head mainly because he was known as a young man of ability, and because he was unmarried and could therefore take to wife the princess Elizabeth, and so absorb the Yorkist claim in his own.

Ferrous solutions absorb nitric oxide, forming dark green to black solutions.

Its purport is that glowing vapours similarly circumstanced absorb the identical radiations which they emit.

Another kind of warfare was about to absorb their whole attention; the barbarians were attacking the frontiers of the Empire on every side, and their advent once again modified Gallo-Roman civilization.

The drying oils absorb oxygen somewhat rapidly and dry to a film or skin, especially if exposed in a thin layer.

Still, in course of time, they absorb oxygen distinctly enough to become thickened.

The property of the semi-drying oils to absorb oxygen is accelerated by spreading such oils over a large surface, notably over woollen or cotton fibres, when absorption proceeds so rapidly that frequently spontaneous combustion will ensue.

In the case of those oils which do not belong to the rape oils and yet show abnormally low saponification values, the suspicion is raised at once that a certain amount of mineral oils (which do not absorb alkali and are therefore termed "unsaponifiable") has been admixed fraudulently.

Thus it points the way to the application of a further method to resolve the isolated fatty acids of an oil or fat into saturated fatty acids, which do not absorb iodine, and into unsaturated fatty acids, which absorb iodine in various proportions as shown above.

The rocks absorb the heat from the sun, and they're so sharp you'll wear your boots out in no time.

That's why they visit birthplaces, places of monumental happenings like battlefields or sites of great tragedies— to absorb a tiny bit of what happened there.

Gerry, the station chief, tripped his wards a moment before the stealthy Guardian crossed the threshold into the ten meter radius around Xander, where he was able to absorb thoughts and manipulate minds.

They all reflect and absorb his rays alike, and the former make but a small part of the glorious picture which he beholds in his daily course.

It can absorb up to 30 percent of its weight in water and still feel dry.

Body oils absorb easily into the skin and moisturize for the longest period of time.

You not only breathe them in as you sleep, but you absorb them through your skin.

The Organic Life brand supplements are liquid vitamins, which means the body does not need to break down a solid compound and is thus free to absorb all the important vitamins and minerals within.