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absorbable

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ab·sorb  (b-sôrb, -zôrb)
tr.v. ab·sorbed, ab·sorb·ing, ab·sorbs
1. To take (something) in through or as through pores or interstices.
2. To occupy the full attention, interest, or time of; engross. See Synonyms at monopolize.
3. To retain (radiation or sound, for example) wholly, without reflection or transmission.
4. To take in; assimilate: immigrants who were absorbed into the social mainstream.
5. To learn; acquire: "Matisse absorbed the lesson and added to it a new language of color" (Peter Plagen).
6. To receive (an impulse) without echo or recoil: a fabric that absorbs sound; a bumper that absorbs impact.
7. To assume or pay for (a cost or costs).
8. To endure; accommodate: couldn't absorb the additional hardships.
9. To use up; consume: The project has absorbed all of our department's resources.

[Middle English, to swallow up, from Old French absorber, from Latin absorbre : ab-, away; see ab-1 + sorbre, to suck.]

ab·sorba·bili·ty n.
ab·sorba·ble adj.
ab·sorbed·ly adv.
ab·sorber n.
ab·sorbing·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.absorbableabsorbable - capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface
adsorbable, adsorbate - capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid
Translations
absorbable [əbˈzɔːbəbl] ADJabsorbible


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