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absorb
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v 1: become imbued; "The liquids, light, and gases absorb"
2: take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of
his tribe" [syn: absorb, assimilate, ingest, take in]
3: take up, as of debts or payments; "absorb the costs for
something" [syn: absorb, take over]
4: take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water
well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words" [syn:
absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up,
draw, take in, take up]
5: cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the
state income tax"
6: suck or take up or in; "A black star absorbs all matter"
[syn: absorb, take in] [ant: emit, give off, give
out]
7: devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his
studies" [syn: steep, immerse, engulf, plunge,
engross, absorb, soak up]
8: assimilate or take in; "The immigrants were quickly absorbed
into society"
9: consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in
butterflies absorbs her completely" [syn: absorb,
engross, engage, occupy]
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adsorb
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v 1: accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface
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bedaub
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v 1: spread or daub (a surface) [syn: bedaub, besmear]
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daub
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n 1: material used to daub walls
2: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn:
smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur]
3: an unskillful painting
v 1: coat with plaster; "daub the wall" [syn: plaster, daub]
2: apply to a surface; "daub paint onto the wall"
3: cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear
the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster" [syn:
daub, smear]
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orb
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n 1: the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye [syn:
eyeball, orb]
2: an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire" [syn:
ball, globe, orb]
v 1: move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The
planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the
nucleus" [syn: orb, orbit, revolve]
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reabsorb
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v 1: undergo resorption [syn: reabsorb, resorb]
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sorb
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n 1: acid gritty-textured fruit [syn: sorb, sorb apple]
v 1: take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by
absorption [syn: sorb, take up]
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desorb
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v 1: go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
2: remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed; "the substance
was desorbed"
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resorb
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v 1: undergo resorption [syn: reabsorb, resorb]
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nawab
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n 1: a governor in India during the Mogul empire [syn: nawab,
nabob]
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korb
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moerbe
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shorb
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