absorb+take+in
31take — v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one s hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession of, capture, earn, or win. 3 tr. get the use of by purchase or formal agreement (take lodgings). 4 tr. (in a recipe) avail oneself of; use. 5 tr. use… …
32take — verb (past took; past participle taken) 1》 reach for and hold with one s hands. 2》 carry or bring with one; convey or guide. ↘remove from a place. ↘subtract. 3》 accept or receive. ↘understand or accept as valid. ↘submit to,… …
33take — Synonyms and related words: OD, abduct, abide, absorb, abstract, accede, accede to, accept, accommodate, accompany, account as, accroach, acknowledge, acquire, act, admit, adopt, advocate, affect, agree to, allow for, allure, and, annex,… …
34take — {{11}}take (n.) 1650s, that which is taken in payment, from TAKE (Cf. take) (v.). Sense of money taken in by a single performance, etc., is from 1931. Movie making sense is recorded from 1927. Criminal sense of money acquired by theft is from… …
35absorb — verb /əbˈzɔːb,əbˈsɔːb,æbˈzɔːrb,æbˈsɔːrb/ a) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to …
36absorb — /əbˈsɔb / (say uhb sawb), / ˈzɔb/ (say zawb) verb (t) 1. to swallow up the identity or individuality of: the empire absorbed all the small states. 2. to engross wholly: absorbed in a book. 3. to suck up or drink in (liquids): a sponge absorbs… …
37absorb — [əbˈzɔːb] verb [T] 1) to take in heat, light, liquid, or some other substance When wood gets wet, it absorbs water and expands.[/ex] a device that produces energy by absorbing sunlight[/ex] Caffeine is rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream.[/ex]… …
38take in — Synonyms and related words: abbreviate, abridge, absorb, abstract, accept, accouple, accumulate, acquire, admit, adsorb, affect, agglutinate, amass, appear, appreciate, apprehend, arrest, articulate, assemble, assimilate, assister, associate,… …
39absorb — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. assimilate, take in, suck up; incorporate, integrate; engross, preoccupy, obsess. See thought, receiving, attention, use, combination, learning. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To take in by absorption] Syn.… …
40take up — verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. pick up, lift < took up the carpet > 2. a. to begin to occupy (land) b. to gather from a number of sources < took up a collection > 3 …
