Sanakirja.org

Määritelmät

Verbit

1. (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.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
3. (transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
4. (transitive, physics, chemistry) To take in energy and convert it, as
5. (transitive, physics) in receiving a physical impact or vibration without recoil.
6. (transitive, physics) in receiving sound energy without repercussion or echo.
7. (transitive, physics) taking in radiant energy and converting it to a different form of energy, like heat.
8. (transitive) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or in the pursuit of wealth.
9. (transitive) To occupy or consume time.
10. (transitive) Assimilate mentally.
11. (transitive, business) To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
12. (transitive) To defray the costs.
13. (transitive) To accept or purchase in quantity.