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Word entry · 6 letters

absorb

Best crossword clue

"Soak in"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /əbˈzɔːb/Part of speech verbSorted abborsStarts with AEnds with B2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. cause to become one with

Word origin

From Middle French absorber, from Old French assorbir, from Latin absorbeō (“swallow up”), from ab- (“from”) + sorbeō (“suck in, swallow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- (“to sip”). Compare French absorber.

Used in a sentence

  • Dark oblivion soon absorbs them all.
  • In some countries, the large cities absorb the wealth and fashion of the nation; they are the only fixed abodes of elegant and intelligent society, and the country is inhabited almost entirely by boorish peasantry.
  • As a microbullet impacts the graphene, the diameter of the cone it creates – determined by later examination of the petals – provides a way to measure how much energy the graphene absorbs before breaking.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Soak in6 letters
02Soak up6 letters

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