"absorb" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

absorb verbo

absorb + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 77
absorb energy • absorb water • absorb light • absorb heat • absorb losses • absorb moisture • ability to absorb • absorb radiation • ...
verbo + absorb
Kolokacji: 4
try to absorb • help absorb • seem to absorb • begin absorbing
absorb + preposición
Kolokacji: 22
absorbed into • absorbed by • absorbed through • absorbed in • absorb from • ...
absorb + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 51
completely absorbed • later absorbed • easily absorbed • fully absorbed • quickly absorbed • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 11
(3) easily, well, preferentially
Kolokacji: 3
(4) fully, poorly
Kolokacji: 2
  • This city gradually absorbed the former settlements around the area.
  • The show went on for an hour, and Cat became gradually absorbed by it, forgetting why he was there.
  • "The drug is gradually absorbed through the skin," Duncan explained.
  • The qualified congregations were gradually absorbed in the early 19th century.
  • The rest of an overfill will be gradually absorbed and the end result is normally good.
  • She had her root in new ground, she was gradually absorbed into growth.
  • The region has gradually absorbed them in its midst.
  • A scar may be gradually absorbed, he said, but it would be over a period of months or years.
  • However, the party collaborated with other disaffected groups and gradually absorbed them.
  • Beadboard, however, gradually absorbs water and must be used only where it will remain dry.
(6) eventually, finally
Kolokacji: 2
(8) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(11) happily, successfully
Kolokacji: 2

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