English-Estonian translations for absorb

omandamaKultuuri saab edasi anda ja see on võimeline nii omandama kui kõrvale jätma. Culture can be communicated and is capable of both absorbing and eliminating.

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.
To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully
To occupy or consume time.
To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction
To accept or purchase in quantity

Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.

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