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absorb verb

  /æbˈsɔɹb/ , /æbˈzɔɹb/ , /əbˈsɔɹb/ , /əbˈsɔːb/ , /əbˈzɔɹb/ , /əbˈzɔːb/
  • (transitive) 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. [first attested c. 1350 to 1470.]
  • (transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in. [first attested in the early 17th century.]
 absorbir

absorbent adjective

  /æbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/ , /æbˈzɔɹ.bn̩t/ , /əbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/ , /əbˈsɔː.bn̩t/ , /əbˈzɔɹ.bn̩t/ , /əbˈzɔː.bn̩t/
  • Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive. [First attested in the early 18th century.]
 absorbent

absorbent noun

  /æbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/ , /æbˈzɔɹ.bn̩t/ , /əbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/ , /əbˈsɔː.bn̩t/ , /əbˈzɔɹ.bn̩t/ , /əbˈzɔː.bn̩t/
  • Anything which absorbs. [First attested in the early 18th century.]
 absorbent

absorbency noun

  /æb.sɔɹ.bn̩.si/ , /æb.zɔɹ.bn̩.si/ , /əb.sɔɹ.bn̩.si/ , /əb.zɔɹ.bn̩.si/
  • The quality of being absorbent.
  • (physics) The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent.
 absorbència
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