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verbtake up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
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nounacid gritty-textured fruit
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- all completely given to or absorbed by
- lost deeply absorbed in thought
- breathe reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked
- pack treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood
- henry English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836)
- shock a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
- sink (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system
- towel a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping
- gray the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad
- gray English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)