We found 42 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word absorb:
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 General (25 matching dictionaries)
- absorb: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- absorb: Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
- absorb: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
- absorb: Wordnik [home, info]
- absorb: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
- Absorb: Wiktionary [home, info]
- absorb: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- absorb: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- absorb: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
- absorb: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- absorb: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
- absorb: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- absorb: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
- Absorb: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
- Absorb: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- absorb: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- absorb: Rhymezone [home, info]
- absorb: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- absorb: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
- absorb: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- absorb: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
- absorb: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- absorb: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
- absorb: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
- absorb: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]
Business (5 matching dictionaries)
- ABSORB: Accounting Glossary [home, info]
- absorb: Legal dictionary [home, info]
- absorb: Financial dictionary [home, info]
- Absorb: Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary [home, info]
- absorb: BusinessDictionary.com [home, info]
Computing (1 matching dictionary)
- absorb: Encyclopedia [home, info]
Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
- absorb: Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary [home, info]
- Absorb: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary [home, info]
- Absorb: MedFriendly Glossary [home, info]
- absorb: online medical dictionary [home, info]
- ABSORB: Lay Terms for Consent Forms [home, info]
- absorb: Medical dictionary [home, info]
- Absorb: Drug Medical Dictionary [home, info]
Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
- ABSORB: Acronym Finder [home, info]
- absorb: Idioms [home, info]
Science (2 matching dictionaries)
- absorb: Botanical Terms [home, info]
- absorb: PlanetMath Encyclopedia [home, info]
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Quick definitions (absorb)
▸ verb: take up, as of debts or payments ("Absorb the costs for something")
▸ verb: suck or take up or in ("A black star absorbs all matter")
▸ verb: cause to become one with ("The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax")
▸ verb: engage or engross wholly ("Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely")
▸ verb: take up mentally ("He absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe")
▸ verb: assimilate or take in ("The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society")
▸ verb: take in, also metaphorically ("The sponge absorbs water well")
▸ verb: become imbued ("The liquids, light, and gases absorb")
▸ verb: engross (oneself) fully
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