Толковый словарь английского языка - absorb
Absorb
absorb
transitive verb Etymology: Anglo-French asorbir to swallow up, from Latin ~ēre, from ab+ sorbēre to suck up; akin to Lithuanian surbti to sip, Greek rophein to gulp down Date: 15th century to take in and make part of an existent whole , 2. to suck up or take up , to take in ; acquire , learn , use up , consume , to engage or engross wholly , 4. a. to receive without recoil or echo , endure , sustain , assume , bear , to transform (radiant energy) into a different form especially with a resulting rise in temperature , ~ability noun ~able adjective ~er noun
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v.tr. 1 include or incorporate as part of itself or oneself (the country successfully absorbed its immigrants). 2 take in; suck up (liquid, heat, knowledge, etc.) (she quickly absorbed all she was taught). 3 reduce the effect or intensity of; deal easily with (an impact, sound, difficulty, etc.). 4 consume (income, time, resources, etc.) (his debts absorbed half his income). 5 engross the attention of (television absorbs them completely). Derivatives absorbable adj. absorbability n. absorber n. Etymology: ME f. F absorber or L absorbere absorpt- (as AB-, sorbere suck in) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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