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absorb

verb as in physically take in a liquid

verb as in mentally take in information

verb as in occupy complete attention

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Example Sentences

The meat was almost blackened by the time it absorbed the smoke, and while the skin was crisp, it gave way between my teeth.

From Eater

With a more extensive root system, plants can absorb more nutrients and pump more exudates into the soil to recruit more helpful microbes that can make more indole-3-acetic acid.

A few amphibians don’t bother with lungs and instead absorb oxygen through their skin.

Even with an increase in volume, the system has space to absorb more passengers and still perform well.

From Fortune

I wanted to learn as much as I could about the trail and, as an educator, he was happy to give me as much information as I could absorb.

Similar reinforced plinths were developed by the Getty museums in Los Angeles to absorb the seismic movements there.

In the book, you say “Absorb youth and you will be absorbed by youth.”

But the details of this massacre have been especially difficult to absorb.

It gave me license to pore over raw tape, again and again, to absorb the subtle clues of human behavior.

“I welcome China to Africa because Africa is big enough to absorb China,” he said.

Never smoke when the pores are open: they absorb, and you are unfit for decent society.

It was with much amazement that they watched Henrietta absorb sandwiches, cake, eggs, and fruit.

Here one can be alive and absorb something of the earth-forces that never get within touching distance in the cities.

The recent researches of Brustlein have shown that lime does cause the organic matters to absorb ammonia from its salts.

Should it still be too moist to be sown, it must be again turned over, and mixed with some dry substance to absorb the moisture.

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On this page you'll find 141 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to absorb, such as: consume, ingest, swallow, take in, blot, and devour.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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