absorbs
Soaks right up
Absorbs is the verb absorb in action—taking something in completely.
A sponge absorbs water; a student absorbs information.
Materials absorb light, sound, or impact by not reflecting or transmitting them.
To be absorbed in something is to be fully engaged: She was absorbed in her book.
A company absorbs another by taking it over entirely.
Costs get absorbed when someone bears them without passing them on.
Absorbent cleaning material
- saturateSoak to full capacity
- soakSaturate with liquid
- porousAllowing passage of fluids
- wickFuel-drawing cord
permeate · drench · waterlog · seep · damp · moisture · towel · blot
Absorb and incorporate fully
- graspSeize or understand
- understandGrasp the meaning
- acquireGain possession of
- retainKeep possession of
comprehend · digest · master · internalize · process · integrate · synthesize · take in
Deaden or suppress sound
- attenuateReduce in force
- softenMake less firm
- bufferProtective intermediate space
- deadenDiminish force or sensation
cushion · reduce · moderate · suppress · temper · diminish · lessen · blunt
Solvent crossing semipermeable barrier
- resorptionBody reclaiming its tissue
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- uptakeAbsorption or understanding
- permeationProcess of spreading throughout
adsorption · capillarity · diffusion · infiltration · saturation · percolation · wicking · seepage
Consuming into the body
- digestionBodily food breakdown
- consumptionUsing up of resources
- intakeAmount received or consumed
- metabolismCellular nutrient conversion
nutrient · bioavailability · gut · intestinal · dietary · nourishment · sustenance
sponge
Absorbent cleaning material
wick · permeate · drench · waterlog · seep · damp · moisture · towel · blot · desiccant
assimilate
Absorb and incorporate fully
- graspSeize or understand
- understandGrasp the meaning
- acquireGain possession of
retain · comprehend · digest · master · internalize · process · integrate · synthesize · take in · soak up
muffle
Deaden or suppress sound
deaden · cushion · reduce · moderate · suppress · temper · diminish · lessen · blunt · subdue
osmosis
Solvent crossing semipermeable barrier
- resorptionBody reclaiming its tissue
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- uptakeAbsorption or understanding
permeation · adsorption · capillarity · diffusion · infiltration · saturation · percolation · wicking · seepage
ingestion
Consuming into the body
- digestionBodily food breakdown
- consumptionUsing up of resources
- intakeAmount received or consumed
metabolism · nutrient · bioavailability · gut · intestinal · dietary · nourishment · sustenance
- takes inadmits, accepts, receives, includes, encompasses
- consumeseats, devours, consumes, ingests, swallows
- mental actionsthinks, considers, understands, perceives, recognizes
- takes onadopts, assumes, accepts, undertakes, shoulders
- shock absorbersDevices that reduce jolts
- light absorptionMatter capturing radiant energy
- absorbs oneself inBecomes deeply engaged with
- shock absorptionDissipating kinetic energy gradually
- poor absorption
- energy absorptionCapturing kinetic force internally
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