Definizione monolingua

absorb

absorb (third-person singular simple present absorbs, present participle absorbing, simple past and past participle absorbed)

1. (transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to incorporate; to assimilate.
   • (Can we date this quote?) William Cowper:

     Dark oblivion soon absorbs them all.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Washington Irving:

     The large cities absorb the wealth and fashion.

2. (transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.
3. (transitive) To learn
4. (transitive) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or in the pursuit of wealth.
5. (transitive) To consume completely.
6. (transitive) To endure.
7. (transitive) (physics) To take up by chemical or physical action.

   Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.

8. (transitive, business) To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.

Definizione dizionario absorb

	assorbire
	to include so that it no longer has separate existence (1)
	to suck up or drink in (2)
	to consume completely (5)
	physics: to take up by chemical or physical action (7)
	Fare proprio.

	assorto
	to occupy fully (4)

	includere
	to include so that it no longer has separate existence (1)

	incorporare
	to include so that it no longer has separate existence (1)

accaparrare

	recepire
	Fare proprio.

addossarsi

assimilare

assumersi

bere

disporre

fagocitare

impegnare

neutralizzare

occupare

smorzare

sorbire

succhiare

Altri significati:

finance: to assume or pay for (8)

(transitive, business) To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.

(transitive) To endure.

squeeze (money)

to endure (6)

(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to incorporate; to assimilate.

(transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.

To completely consume.

to learn (3)

(transitive) (physics) To take up by chemical or physical action.

(transitive) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or in the pursuit of wealth.

(transitive) To learn

(transitive) To consume completely.