absorb
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(verb) cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax" |
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Related Words: blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix |
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(verb) engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely" |
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Synonyms: engage, engross, occupy |
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Related Words: consume, interest, involve |
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(verb) take up, as of knowledge or beliefs |
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Synonyms: assimilate, ingest, take in |
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Related Words: imbibe, larn, learn |
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(verb) be able to take in, as of liquids; "The sponge absorbs water well" |
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Synonyms: draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up |
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Related Words: blot, mop, mop up, sponge up, wipe up |
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(verb) become imbued; of liquids, light, or gases, in chemistry |
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Related Words: assimilate, imbibe, sorb, take up |
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(verb) take up, as of debts or payments; "absorb the costs for something" |
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Synonyms: take over |
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Related Words: fund |
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(verb) suck or take up or in; "a black star absorbs all matter" |
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Synonyms: take in |
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Related Words: suck, suck in |
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Antonyms: emit |
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(verb) engross (oneself) fully; "He immersed himself into his studies" |
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Synonyms: engross, engulf, immerse, plunge, steep |
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Related Words: center, centre, concentrate, drink, drink in, focus, pore, rivet |
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