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absorb
English
Etymology
From Middle French absorber, from Old French assorbir, from Latin absorbe? (“swallow up”), from ab- (“from”) +? sorbe? (“suck in, swallow”). Compare French absorber.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?z??b/, /?b?s??b/
- (General American) IPA(key): /æb?s??b/, /æb?z??b/, /?b?s??b/, /?b?z??b/
- Rhymes: -??(r)b
- Hyphenation: ab?sorb
Verb
absorb (third-person singular simple present absorbs, present participle absorbing, simple past and past participle absorbed or (archaic) absorpt)
- (transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. [first attested c. 1350 to 1470.]
- 1782, William Cowper, On Observing some Names of Little Note
- Dark oblivion soon absorbs them all.
- 1782, William Cowper, On Observing some Names of Little Note
- (transitive, obsolete) To engulf, as in water; to swallow up. [Attested from the late 15th century until the late 18th century.]
- (transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in. [first attested in the early 17th century.]
- (transitive, physics, chemistry) To take in energy and convert it, as[first attested in the early 18th century.]
- (transitive, physics) in receiving a physical impact or vibration without recoil.
- (transitive, physics) in receiving sound energy without repercussion or echo.
- (transitive, physics) taking in radiant energy and converting it to a different form of energy, like heat.
- (transitive) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully. [first attested in the late 18th century.]
- 1904, Kazimierz Waliszewski, translated by Lady Mary Loyd, Ivan the Terrible Part 2 Chapter 3
- Livonian affairs held him tight, and were to absorb him for many a year.
- 1904, Kazimierz Waliszewski, translated by Lady Mary Loyd, Ivan the Terrible Part 2 Chapter 3
- (transitive) To occupy or consume time. [first attested in the mid 19th century.]
- (transitive) Assimilate mentally. [first attested in the late 19th century.]
- (transitive, business) To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
- (transitive) To defray the costs.
- (transitive) To accept or purchase in quantity.
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (to include so that it no longer has separate existence): assimilate, engulf, incorporate, swallow up, overwhelm
- (to suck up or drink in): draw, drink in, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, steep, take in, take up
- (to consume completely): use up
- (to occupy fully): engage, engross, immerse, monopolize, occupy
- (finance: to assume or pay for): assume, bear, pay for, take in
Antonyms
- (physics: to take up by chemical or physical action): emit
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- adsorb
Further reading
- Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002) , “absorb”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 9
Anagrams
- Brabos, bobars, robabs
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ab?sorb]
Verb
absorb
- first-person singular present indicative of absorbi
- third-person plural present indicative of absorbi
- first-person singular present subjunctive of absorbi
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- what absorbs water in the body
waste
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: w?st, IPA(key): /we?st/
- Rhymes: -e?st
- Homophone: waist
Etymology 1
From Middle English waste (“a waste”, noun), from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French wast, waste (“a waste”), from Frankish *w?st? (“a waste”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?weh?- (“empty, wasted”).
Noun
waste (countable and uncountable, plural wastes)
- Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- Excrement or urine.
- The cage was littered with animal waste
- A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- A large tract of uncultivated land.
- (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
- A vast expanse of water.
- A disused mine or part of one.
- The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- That was a waste of time
- Her life seemed a waste
- Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- Gradual loss or decay.
- A decaying of the body by disease; wasting away.
- (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; See "to lay waste"
- (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
- (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English waste (“waste”, adjective), from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French wast (“waste”), from Frankish *w?st? (“waste, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *w?sto- (“empty, wasted”). Cognate with Old High German wuosti, wuasti (“waste, empty”), Old Saxon w?sti (“desolate”), Old English w?ste (“waste, barren, desolate, empty”).
Adjective
waste (comparative more waste, superlative most waste)
- (now rare) Uncultivated, uninhabited.
- Barren; desert.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, page 255:
- For centuries the shrine at Mecca had been of merely local importance, far outshone by the Temple of the Jews in Jerusalem, whose cult Christians had in good measure renewed by their pilgrimage in honour of Christ's crucifixion and resurrection, while leaving the actual site of the Jerusalem Temple dishonoured and waste.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, page 255:
- Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
- Superfluous; needless.
- Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
- Unfortunate; disappointing. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Usage notes
Same meanings as wasted.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English wasten (“to waste, lay waste”), from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French waster (“to waste, devastate”) (compare also the variant gaster and French gâter from a related Old French word); the Anglo-Norman form waster was either from Frankish *w?stijan (“to waste”), from Proto-Indo-European *w?sto- (“empty, wasted”), or alternatively from Latin vast?re, present active infinitive of vast? and influenced by the Frankish; the English word was assisted by similarity to native Middle English westen ("to waste"; > English weest). Cognate with Old High German wuostan, wuastan, wuostjan (“to waste”) (Modern German wüsten), Old English w?stan (“to lay waste, ravage”).
Verb
waste (third-person singular simple present wastes, present participle wasting, simple past and past participle wasted)
- (transitive) to devastate, destroy
- Thou barrein ground, whome winters wrath hath wasted, / Art made a myrrour to behold my plight.
- The Tiber / Insults our walls, and wastes our fruitful grounds.
- (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, / And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
- 1909, Francis Galton, Memories of my life, page 69
- E. Kay (1822-1897), afterwards Lord Justice of Appeal, had rooms on the same staircase as myself, and we wasted a great deal of time together, both in term and in my second summer vacation. .
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
- (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
- until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness
- 1769, William Robertson, History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
- Wasted by such a course of life, the infirmities of age daily grew on him.
- (intransitive) Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
- (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
- The barrel of meal shall not waste.
- (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
Derived terms
Synonyms
- (slang, to kill or murder): cack, top, duppy (see also Thesaurus:kill)
Translations
See also
- Waste on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- waste in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- Sweat, Weast, swate, sweat, tawse, wetas
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???s.t?/
Verb
waste
- singular past indicative and subjunctive of wassen
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Noun
waste ?
- refuge, sanctuary
West Flemish
Noun
waste f
- laundry, clothes that need to be washed, or just have been washed.
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