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adjective

Having a capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up: absorptive, assimilative, bibulous. See dry/wet.

adj

Definition: capable of physically taking in a liquid
Antonyms: impermeable

A material which, owing to an affinity for certain substances, extracts one or more such substances from a liquid or gas with which it is in contact, and which changes physically or chemically, or both, during the process.

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IN BRIEF: A material that soaks up water or liquid.

The new paper towels weren't very absorbent.

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1. a substance that absorbs another substance.
2. having the capacity to absorb another substance.

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1. able to take in, or suck up and incorporate.
2. a tissue structure, lymphatic or other vessel, involved in absorption.
3. a substance that absorbs or promotes absorption.
Absorbents used pharmaceutically are usually finely ground inert substances applied locally to prevent friction and reduce tissue irritation, e.g. talc, zinc stearate, a mixture of boric acid and calcium oxide. Similar substances, e.g. finely ground charcoal, kaolin, are administered orally for the same purposes and also to absorb toxins.

(abzôrb′ənt)
adj

A substance that causes absorption of diseased tissue; taking up by suction.

See words rhyming with "absorbency."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - vandsugende, sugende
n. - vandsugende stof, sugende stof

Nederlands (Dutch)
absorberend (materiaal)

Français (French)
adj. - (US) hydrophile (le coton)
n. - absorbant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - absorbierend
n. - Absorptionsmittel

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - απορροφητικός, προσροφητικός
n. - απορροφητικό υλικό

Italiano (Italian)
assorbente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - absorvente
n. - absorvente (m)

Русский (Russian)
абсорбирующий, поглощающий, промокательная бумага, поглотитель

Español (Spanish)
adj. - absorbente
n. - tarea u objeto absorbente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - absorberande, uppsugande
n. - absorberande medel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
能吸收的, 吸收剂, 吸收物

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 能吸收的
n. - 吸收劑, 吸收物

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 흡수성의
n. - 흡수제, 임파관

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 吸収性の
n. - 吸収剤

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ممتص (الاسم) ماص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮סופגני‬
n. - ‮דבר או חומר בעלי יכולת ספיגה (בעיקר של נוזלים)‬

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