to absorb is a form of:
Absorb
noun
- 1.
- (Drink in, take in, engross, engage one's whole attention) រំលស់, បន្ធូរ, សម្រាល, ជ្រាបចូលវិញ, លេប, ពន្លិច, ធ្វើឲ្យរលាយ sponges absorb ស្រូប absorb loss ទូទាត់បង្គ្រប់ large companies absorb smaller ones លេប
verb — past tense: absorbed ; past participle: absorbed ; present participle: absorbing ;
- 1.
- (នយោបាយ) លេប, ស្រូប, បញ្ចូលជាសាខា
- 2.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) ជក់, ស្រូបយក
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: absorbed ; past participle: absorbed ; present participle: absorbing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To take up by cohesive, chemical, or any molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases. So heat, light, and electricity are absorbed or taken up in the substances into which they pass.