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Definition of Absorb
Absorb

To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

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

To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth.

To take up by cohesive, chemical, or any molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases. So heat, light, and electricity are absorbed or taken up in the substances into which they pass.

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Absorb Quotations

It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate.
Dave Barry

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
Aristotle

You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved. You aren't positive, you're negative. You absorb, absorb, as if you must fill yourself up with love, because you've got a shortage somewhere.
David Herbert Lawrence

Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think.
Roger Ebert

We have seen a strong increase in oil prices and up to this year we see that the world has been able to absorb that.
Rodrigo Rato

Absorb Translations

absorb in Danish is indsuge
absorb in Dutch is in beslag nemen, opslorpen, absorberen
absorb in French is phagocyter, neutraliser, absorbez, absorbent
absorb in German is neutralisieren, absorbieren, tragen, aufnehmen
absorb in Italian is fagocitare, smorzare, neutralizzare
absorb in Norwegian is absorbere
absorb in Portuguese is absorva
absorb in Spanish is sostener, asumir, absorber
absorb in Swedish is uppta


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