absorb | (verb) cause to become one with | - |
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(verb) take up mentally | Synonyms: assimilate, ingest, take in |
(verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: engage, engross, occupy |
(verb) devote (oneself) fully to | Synonyms: engross, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep |
(verb) take in, also metaphorically | Synonyms: draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up |
(verb) become imbued | - |
(verb) assimilate or take in | - |
(verb) take up, as of debts or payments | Synonyms: take over |
(verb) suck or take up or in | Synonyms: take in |
acerb | (adjective) sour or bitter in taste | Synonyms: acerbic, astringent |
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(adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
adsorb | (verb) accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface | - |
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adverb | (noun) a word that modifies something other than a noun | - |
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(noun) the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses | - |
arb | (noun) someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential) | Synonyms: arbitrager, arbitrageur |
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barb | (noun) one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather | - |
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(noun) a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove | - |
(noun) the pointed part of barbed wire | - |
(noun) an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect | Synonyms: dig, gibe, jibe, shaft, shot, slam |
(verb) provide with barbs | - |
blurb | (noun) a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books) | Synonyms: endorsement, indorsement |
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chemisorb | (verb) take up a substance by chemisorption | - |
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cowherb | (noun) European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort | Synonyms: cow cockle, Saponaria vaccaria, Vaccaria hispanica, Vaccaria pyramidata |
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curb | (noun) the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess | Synonyms: bridle, check |
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(noun) an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) | Synonyms: curbing, kerb |
(noun) a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse | Synonyms: curb bit |
(verb) place restrictions on | Synonyms: curtail, cut back, restrict |
(verb) keep to the curb | - |
(verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: check, contain, control, hold, hold in, moderate |
desorb | (verb) go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed | - |
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(verb) remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed | - |
disturb | (verb) destroy the peace or tranquility of | Synonyms: interrupt |
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(verb) damage as if by shaking or jarring | - |
(verb) tamper with | Synonyms: touch |
(verb) change the arrangement or position of | Synonyms: agitate, commove, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex |
(verb) move deeply | Synonyms: trouble, upset |
garb | (noun) clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion | Synonyms: attire, dress |
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(verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog |
herb | (noun) aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities | - |
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(noun) a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests | Synonyms: herbaceous plant |
kerb | (noun) an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) | Synonyms: curb, curbing |
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orb | (noun) the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye | Synonyms: eyeball |
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(noun) an object with a spherical shape | Synonyms: ball, globe |
(verb) move in an orbit | Synonyms: orbit, revolve |
perturb | (verb) throw into great confusion or disorder | Synonyms: derange, throw out of kilter |
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(verb) disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed | Synonyms: cark, disorder, disquiet, distract, trouble, unhinge |
(verb) cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull | - |
(verb) disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom | - |
potherb | (noun) any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning | - |
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proverb | (noun) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people | Synonyms: adage, byword, saw |
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reabsorb | (verb) undergo resorption | Synonyms: resorb |
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resorb | (verb) undergo resorption | Synonyms: reabsorb |
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rhubarb | (noun) long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened | Synonyms: pieplant |
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(noun) plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous | Synonyms: rhubarb plant |
sorb | (noun) acid gritty-textured fruit | Synonyms: sorb apple |
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(verb) take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption | Synonyms: take up |
suburb | (noun) a residential district located on the outskirts of a city | Synonyms: suburban area, suburbia |
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superb | (adjective) surpassingly good | - |
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(adjective) of surpassing excellence | Synonyms: brilliant |
verb | (noun) a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence | - |
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(noun) the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence | - |
willowherb | (noun) a plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs | - |
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