Absorb

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Mục lục 1 Verb (used with object) 1.1 to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up 1.2 to swallow up the identity or individuality of; incorporate 1.3 to involve the full attention of; to engross or engage wholly 1.4 to occupy or fill 1.5 to take up or receive by chemical or molecular action 1.6 to take in without echo, recoil, or reflection 1.7 to take in and utilize 1.8 to pay for (costs, taxes, etc.) 1.9 Archaic . to swallow up. 2 Antonyms 2.1 verb 3 Synonyms 3.1 verb

Verb (used with object)

to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up

A sponge absorbs water.

to swallow up the identity or individuality of; incorporate

The empire absorbed many small nations.

to involve the full attention of; to engross or engage wholly

so absorbed in a book that he did not hear the bell.

to occupy or fill

This job absorbs all of my time.

to take up or receive by chemical or molecular action

Carbonic acid is formed when water absorbs carbon dioxide.

to take in without echo, recoil, or reflection

to absorb sound and light; to absorb shock.

to take in and utilize

The market absorbed all the computers we could build. Can your brain absorb all this information?

to pay for (costs, taxes, etc.)

The company will absorb all the research costs.

Archaic . to swallow up.

Antonyms

verb

disperse , dissipate , eject , emit , exude , spew , vomit , misunderstand , not get , distract

Synonyms

verb

blot , consume , devour , drink in , imbibe , ingest , ingurgitate , osmose , soak up , sop up * , sponge up , suck in , swallow , take in , assimilate , comprehend , digest , follow , get , get into , grasp , incorporate , latch onto , learn , sense , understand , captivate , concern , employ , engage , engross , fascinate , fill , hold , immerse , involve , monopolize , obsess , preoccupy , rivet , soak , sop up , take up , combine , engulf , enwrap , metabolize , occlude , occupy , overwhelm , permeate , suck up , swallow up , unite