"absorbent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əbˈsɔː.bn̩t/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əbˈzɔː.bn̩t/ [Received-Pronunciation], /æbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/ [US], /æbˈzɔɹ.bn̩t/ [US], /əbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/ [US], /əbˈzɔɹ.bn̩t/ [US] Audio: en-us-absorbent.ogg Forms: more absorbent [comparative], most absorbent [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin absorbēns, present active participle of absorbeō (“absorb”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|absorbēns}} Latin absorbēns Head templates: {{en-adj}} absorbent (comparative more absorbent, superlative most absorbent)
  1. Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive. Translations (absorbing): مُمْتَصّ (mumtaṣṣ) (Arabic), absorbente (Asturian), попи́ващ (popívašt) (Bulgarian), поглъ́щащ (poglǎ́štašt) (Bulgarian), absorbent (Catalan), absorberend (Dutch), wateropnemend (Dutch), opzuigend (Dutch), sorba (Esperanto), imukykyinen (Finnish), absorbant (French), absorbente (Galician), saugfähig (German), absorbente (Interlingua), assorbente (Italian), absorbens (Latin), vemêjok (Northern Kurdish), absorptiv (Norwegian Bokmål), absorberende (Norwegian Bokmål), درآشامنده (dâr-âšâmende) (Persian), جذبکننده (jazb-konande) (Persian), chłonny (Polish), wchłanający (Polish), pochłanający (Polish), absorbujący (Polish), absorpcyjny (Polish), absorvente (Portuguese), абсорби́рующий (absorbírujuščij) (Russian), гигроскопи́чный (gigroskopíčnyj) (Russian), upijajući [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), absorbente (Spanish), nüsugik (Volapük)
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Noun

IPA: /əbˈsɔː.bn̩t/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əbˈzɔː.bn̩t/ [Received-Pronunciation], /æbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/ [US], /æbˈzɔɹ.bn̩t/ [US], /əbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/ [US], /əbˈzɔɹ.bn̩t/ [US] Audio: en-us-absorbent.ogg Forms: absorbents [plural]
Etymology: From Latin absorbēns, present active participle of absorbeō (“absorb”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|absorbēns}} Latin absorbēns Head templates: {{en-noun}} absorbent (plural absorbents)
  1. Anything which absorbs. Translations (anything which absorbs): поглъти́тел (poglǎtítel) [rare] (Bulgarian), absorbent [masculine] (Catalan), absorbens [neuter] (Dutch), absorbilo (Esperanto), absorbentti (Finnish), absorbant [masculine] (French), absorbent [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), absorbator [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), absorbent [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), pochłaniacz [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), absorvente [masculine] (Portuguese), absorvedor (Portuguese), absorbant [masculine] (Romanian), absorbente [masculine] (Spanish)
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  2. (physiology, pluralized, now rare) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Physiology
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  3. (medicine) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance, e.g., iodine, which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts. Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid): absorbentti (Finnish), absorbant [masculine] (French), antiácido [masculine] (Portuguese), абсорбе́нт (absorbént) [masculine] (Russian)
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  4. (physical chemistry) A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining. Tags: physical Categories (topical): Physical chemistry
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "absorbént",
      "sense": "substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "абсорбе́нт"
    }
  ],
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}
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  "path": [
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "absorbent",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
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  "path": [
    "absorbent"
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  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Interlingua: (1) __IGNORE__",
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