All absorb synonyms
abΒ·sorb
A a verb absorb
- draw β to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- take in β the act of taking.
- swallow β to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances.
- consume β If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
- ingest β to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- incorporate β to form into a legal corporation.
- get β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- assimilate β When people such as immigrants assimilate into a community or when that community assimilates them, they become an accepted part of it.
- learn β to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience: to learn French; to learn to ski.
- understand β to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
- follow β to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
- involve β to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
- imbibe β to consume (liquids) by drinking; drink: He imbibed great quantities of iced tea.
- blot β If something is a blot on a person's or thing's reputation, it spoils their reputation.
- ingurgitate β to swallow greedily or in great quantity, as food.
- devour β If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly.
- grasp β to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
- sense β any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready.
- digest β to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
- comprehend β If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it.
- obsess β to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him.
- immerse β to plunge into or place under a liquid; dip; sink.
- captivate β If you are captivated by someone or something, you find them fascinating and attractive.
- fascinate β to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall: a vivacity that fascinated the audience.
- concern β Concern is worry about a situation.
- preoccupy β to absorb or engross to the exclusion of other things.
- monopolize β to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
- hold β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- fill β to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
- rivet β a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- engage β Occupy, attract, or involve (someone's interest or attention).
- osmose β to undergo osmosis.
- soak up β to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
- sop up β a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- suck in β to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
- get into β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- latch onto β a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- plunge β to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- suck β to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
- occupy β to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- engulf β (of a natural force ) sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it completely.
- take over β the act of taking.
- engross β Absorb all the attention or interest of.
- attract β If something attracts people or animals, it has features that cause them to come to it.
- take up β the act of taking.
- suck up β to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
- admit β If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.
- recognise β to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recognize β to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
adjective absorb
- steep β having an almost vertical slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, stairs, etc.