| VERB | contact | absorb | become imbued |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | absorb, assimilate, ingest, take in | take up mentally | |
| possession | absorb, take over | take up, as of debts or payments | |
| contact | absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up | take in, also metaphorically | |
| change | absorb | cause to become one with | |
| weather | absorb, take in | suck or take up or in | |
| cognition | absorb, steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, soak up | devote (oneself) fully to | |
| contact | absorb | assimilate or take in | |
| cognition | absorb, engross, engage, occupy | consume all of one's attention or time |
| Sounds | ahbzao'rb | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | orb ... reabsorb: 3 rhymes with aorb... | |
| Meaning | Become imbued. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The liquids, light, and gases absorb" | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Narrower | assimilate, imbibe | Take (gas, light or heat) into a solution |
| reabsorb, resorb | Undergo resorption | |
| Broader | sorb, take up | take up a liquid / liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption |
| Spanish | absorber | |
| Adjectives | absorbent, absorptive | having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids / liquids or energy etc.) |
| Nouns | absorbate | a material that has been or is capable of being absorbed |
| absorbent | a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance | |
| absorber | (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation | |
| absorption | (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another | |
| Meaning | take up mentally. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe" | |
| Synonyms | assimilate, ingest, take in | |
| Narrower | imbibe | Receive into the mind and retain |
| Broader | learn, larn, acquire | gain knowledge or skills |
| Spanish | absorber, asimilar, digerir, empapar | |
| Catalan | assimilar | |
| Nouns | absorption | the social process of absorbing one cultural / cultural group into harmony with another |
| Meaning | take up, as of debts or payments. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "absorb the costs for something" | |
| Synonym | take over | |
| Broader | fund | Furnish money for |
| Spanish | absorber, asumir, hacerse cargo | |
| Meaning | take in, also metaphorically. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The sponge absorbs water well" | |
| Synonyms | suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up | |
| Narrower | blot | dry (ink) with blotting paper |
| sponge up | absorb as if with a sponge | |
| wipe up, mop up, mop | To wash or wipe with or as if with a mop | |
| Spanish | absorber | |
| Catalan | absorbir | |
| Nouns | absorber | (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation |
| absorption | (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another | |
| Meaning | Cause to become one with. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax" | |
| Broader | blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge | mix together different elements |
| Spanish | absorber | |
| Catalan | absorbir | |
| Meaning | suck or take up or in. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "A black star absorbs all matter" | |
| Synonym | take in | |
| Narrower | suck, suck in | attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc. |
| Opposite | emit, give out, give off | give off, send forth, or discharge |
| Spanish | absorber, absorver, recibir, tomar para sí | |
| Catalan | absorbir, rebre | |
| Adjectives | absorbable | capable of being absorbed or taken ... / taken in through the pores of a surface |
| absorbent, absorptive | having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids / liquids or energy etc.) | |
| Nouns | absorption | (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium |
| Meaning | Devote (oneself) fully to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, soak up | |
| Caused by | plunge, immerse | Cause to be immersed |
| Narrower | drink in, drink | Be fascinated or spell-bound by |
| Broader | concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet | direct one's attention on something |
| Similar to | plunge, immerse | Cause to be immersed |
| Spanish | absorberse, abstraerse, aislarse, concentrarse, embelesarse, empaparse, enfrascarse, ensimismarse, sumergirse, zambullirse | |
| Catalan | immergir-se, submergir-se | |
| Nouns | absorption | complete attention |
| Meaning | assimilate or take in. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society" | |
| Broader | receive, take in, invite | Express willingness to have in one's home / home or environs |
| Spanish | absorver, acoger, asimilar | |
| Meaning | Consume all of one's attention or time. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The performance is likely to absorb Sue | |
| Example | "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely" | |
| Synonyms | engross, engage, occupy | |
| Narrower | consume | Engage fully |
| involve | occupy or engage the interest of | |
| rivet | hold (someone's attention) | |
| Broader | interest | excite the curiosity of |
| Spanish | absorber, atraer, ocupar | |
| Catalan | absorbir, atraure, atreure, ocupar | |
| Nouns | absorption | the mental state of being preoccupied by something |
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