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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
1A2B3S4O5R6B

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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