This paper does not absorb ink.
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Absorb
//əbˈzɔːb//
Synonyms for "absorb" (185 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (56)
catchcatch oncatch up incharmchemisorbchemosorbcome uppermostcomprehendconceiveconcerncornercushiondepletedevourdigdigestdistractdivertdraindrain of resources
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drawdraw indrinkdrink indrink upeateat upembarrassembodyenchantengage the attentionengage the mindengage the thoughtsengrossengross the mindengross the thoughtsenmeshentangleenthrallerodeexerciseexhaustexpendfascinatefathomfill the mindfilter infinishfinish offfollowgetget hold ofget the driftget the hang of
Related words (92)
get the ideaget the picturegobblegobble upgrabgraspgriphavehave it tapedholdhold spellboundhold the interesthypnotizeimbibeimbueimmerseimplicateimpoverishimpregnateincorporate
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infiltrateinfuseingestinterestintrigueinvolveinvolve the interestkenkillknowlearnmastermesmerizemetabolizemonopolizemonopolize the thoughtsobsessobsess the mindoccupyoccupy the attentionoccupy the mindosmosepercolatepercolate inpermeatepredigestpreoccupyprepossessreadrealizeretainsavvyseep inseizeseize the meaningseize the mindsensesew upslurp upsoaksoak insoak upsorbspellbindspendspongesquandersteepsuck drysuck insuck intoswallowswallow upswill uptaketake intake uptangleunderstandusewaste awaywear away
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More general
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
8 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
15 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesmanner of
6 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
similar
2 entriesTranslations
304 translations across 49 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- absorbeer verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- absorbeer verb (to suck up or drink in)
- opsuig verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- opsuig verb (to suck up or drink in)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- συμπίνω verb (to suck up or drink in)
- ἀναπίνω verb (to suck up or drink in)
- ἀποικειόω verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
Arabic
4 entries- احتوى verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- اِتَّخَذَ verb ((physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action)
- اِتَّسَعَ verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- اِحْتَلَّ verb (to occupy fully)
Armenian
4 entries- աբսորբել verb (to suck up or drink in)
- կլանել verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- կլանել verb (to suck up or drink in)
- ներծծել verb (to suck up or drink in)
Asturian
1 entries- absorber verb (to suck up or drink in)
Belarusian
2 entries- паглына́ць verb (to suck up or drink in)
- паглыну́ць verb (to suck up or drink in)
Bulgarian
4 entries- абсорбирам verb ((physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action)
- гълтам verb (to suck up or drink in)
- поглъщам verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- поглъщам verb (to suck up or drink in)
Catalan
4 entries- absorbir verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- absorbir verb (to consume completely)
- absorbir verb (to suck up or drink in)
- absorbir verb ((physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 全神貫注 /全神贯注 verb (to occupy fully)
- 吸入 verb (to suck up or drink in)
- 吸入 verb ((physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action)
- 吸收 verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
Cornish
1 entries- dena verb (to suck up or drink in)
Czech
4 entries- absorbovat verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- pohltit verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- vstřebat verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- vstřebat verb (to suck up or drink in)
Danish
4 entries- absorbere verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- absorbere verb (to suck up or drink in)
- opsuge verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- opsuge verb (to suck up or drink in)
Dutch
4 entries- (in zich) opnemen verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- absorberen verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- absorberen verb (to suck up or drink in)
- absorberen verb ((physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action)
Esperanto
4 entries- absorbi verb (to suck up or drink in)
- absorbi verb (to occupy fully)
- absorbiĝi verb (to be absorbed)
- sorbi verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
Estonian
1 entries- neelduma verb ((physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action)
Finnish
4 entries- absorboida verb ((physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action)
- imaista (momentane) verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- imaista (momentane) verb (to suck up or drink in)
- imeä verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
French
4 entries- absorber verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- absorber verb (to suck up or drink in)
- absorber verb (to occupy fully)
- absorber verb (to assimilate mentally)
Galician
2 entries- absorber verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- absorber verb (to suck up or drink in)
Georgian
2 entries- შეწოვა verb (to suck up or drink in)
- შეწოვა verb ((physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action)
German
4 entries- (ganz) in Anspruch nehmen verb (to occupy fully)
- (in sich) aufnehmen verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- absorbieren verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- absorbieren verb ((physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action)
Greek
3 entries- απορροφώ verb (to suck up or drink in)
- απορροφώ verb (to occupy fully)
- αφομοιώνω verb (to assimilate mentally)
Hebrew
3 entries- ספג verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- ספג verb (to suck up or drink in)
- שקע verb (to occupy fully)
Hindi
2 entries- सोखना verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- सोखना verb (to suck up or drink in)
Hungarian
4 entries- abszorbeál verb (to suck up or drink in)
- abszorbeál verb ((physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action)
- befog verb ((physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action)
- beiszik verb (to suck up or drink in)
Indonesian
1 entries- serap verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
Irish
1 entries- súigh verb (to suck up or drink in)
Italian
4 entries- assorbere verb (to suck up or drink in)
- assorbire verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- assorbire verb (to consume completely)
- assorbire verb (to suck up or drink in)
Japanese
4 entries- 処理する verb (to consume completely)
- 吸う verb (to suck up or drink in)
- 吸収する verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- 吸収する verb (to occupy fully)
Karakhanid
1 entries- اِجْماكْ verb (to suck up or drink in)
Latin
1 entries- absorbeō verb (to suck up or drink in)
Malay
1 entries- serap verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
Māori
3 entries- mimiti verb (to suck up or drink in)
- miti verb (to suck up or drink in)
- ngongo verb (to suck up or drink in)
Norwegian
4 entries- absorbere verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- absorbere verb (to consume completely)
- absorbere verb (to suck up or drink in)
- absorbere verb ((physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- چكمك verb (to suck up or drink in)
Polish
4 entries- absorbować verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- absorbować verb (to consume completely)
- absorbować verb (to occupy fully)
- chłonąć verb (to assimilate mentally)
Portuguese
4 entries- absorver verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- absorver verb (to consume completely)
- absorver verb (to suck up or drink in)
- absorver verb ((physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action)
Romanian
1 entries- absorbi verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
Russian
4 entries- абсорби́ровать verb ((physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action)
- вбира́ть verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- вбира́ть verb (to suck up or drink in)
- вбира́ть verb ((physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action)
Sanskrit
2 entries- धयति verb (to suck up or drink in)
- पिबति verb (to suck up or drink in)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- deoghail verb (to suck up or drink in)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- apsorbovati verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- apsorbírati verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- usvòjiti verb (to assimilate mentally)
- ùpiti verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
Spanish
4 entries- absorber verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- absorber verb (to consume completely)
- absorber verb (to suck up or drink in)
- absorber verb ((physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action)
Swahili
1 entries- kufyonza verb (to suck up or drink in)
Swedish
4 entries- absorbera verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- absorbera verb (to suck up or drink in)
- absorbera verb ((physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action)
- absorbera verb (finance: to assume or pay for)
Thai
3 entries- ซึมซับ verb (to be absorbed)
- ซึมซับ verb (to assimilate mentally)
- ดูดซับ verb ((physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action)
Turkish
2 entries- absorbe etmek verb ((physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action)
- soğurmak verb ((physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action)
Ukrainian
4 entries- абсорбува́ти verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
- абсорбува́ти verb (to suck up or drink in)
- абсорбува́ти verb ((physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action)
- вбира́ти verb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
Vietnamese
3 entries- hút verb (to suck up or drink in)
- hấp thu verb (to consume completely)
- hấp thụ verb (to consume completely)
Zulu
3 entries- donsa verb (to suck up or drink in)
- munca verb (to suck up or drink in)
- munya verb (to suck up or drink in)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
These pajamas absorb sweat well.
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I can't absorb all of the lesson in an hour.
Source: tatoeba (252456)
Trees give off oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide.
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