| VERB | contact | soak up, absorb, suck, imbibe, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up | take in, also metaphorically |
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| cognition | soak up, steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb | devote (oneself) fully to |
| Meaning | take in, also metaphorically. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | absorb, suck, imbibe, 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 | |
| Meaning | Devote (oneself) fully to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb | |
| 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 | |
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