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 "absorbent" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v.0.48"
absorbent \ab*sorb"ent\ ([a^]b*s[^o]rb"ent), a. [L. absorbens,
   p. pr. of absorbere.]
   Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
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   {Absorbent ground} (Paint.), a ground
prepared for a picture,
      chiefly with distemper, or water colors, by which the oil
      is absorbed, and a brilliancy is imparted to the colors.
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 "Absorbent" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v.0.48"
Absorbent \Ab*sorb"ent\, n.
   1. Anything which absorbs. AS
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            The ocean, itself a bad absorbent of heat. --Darwin.
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   2. (Med.) 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. AS
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   3. pl. (Physiol.) The vessels by which the processes of
      absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals,
      the extremities of the roots in plants. AS
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 "absorbent" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
absorbent
     adj : having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up
           (liquids); "as absorbent as a sponge" [syn: {absorptive}]
           [ant: {nonabsorbent}]
     n : a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another
         substance [syn: {absorbent material}]

 "absorbent" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "absorbent":
   absorbency, absorption, adsorbent, adsorption, assimilation,
   blotter, blotting, blotting paper, chemisorption, chemosorption,
   digestion, endosmosis, engrossment, exosmosis, infiltration,
   osmosis, percolation, seepage, sorption, sponge, sponging



 "absorbent" cro-eng "Croatian-English Freedict Dictionary"
absorbent
absorbent


 "absorbent" eng-ara "English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary"
Absorbent
ممتصّ


 "absorbent" eng-cro "English-Croatian Freedict Dictionary"
absorbent
absorbent, koji upija, upijajući mat, upijajući materijal


 "absorbent" eng-cze "English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary"
absorbent 
absorbent


 "absorbent" eng-deu "English-German Freedict dictionary"
absorbent [əbsɔːbənt]
     aufsaugend, einsaugend, saugfähig

 "absorbent" eng-fra "English-French Freedict Dictionary"
absorbent
	[əbsɔːbənt]
	absorbant


 "absorbent" eng-por "English-Portugese Freedict dictionary"
absorbent
     absorvente, hidrófilo

 "absorbent" eng-por "English-Portugese Freedict dictionary"
absorbent
     absorvente, hidrófilo

 "absorbent" eng-por "English-Portugese Freedict dictionary"
absorbent [əbsɔːbənt]
     absorvente, hidrófilo

 "absorbent" eng-por "English-Portugese Freedict dictionary"
absorbent
     absorvente, hidrófilo