Absorbs
[əb'sɔ:bz]
Examples
- The State is all-sufficing for the wants of man, and, like the idea of the Church in later ages, absorbs all other desires and affections. Plato. The Republic.
- A more scientific statement, however, is that the cold vapor absorbs the heat units of the water, and taking them away with it, lowers the temperature of the water to the freezing point. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- If magenta is replaced by other artificial dyes,--for example, scarlets,--the result is similar; in general, wool material absorbs dye readily, and uniting with it is permanently dyed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The sea is a vast reservoir of potash, and seaweed, especially the giant kelp, absorbs large quantities of this potash. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- So rare is the atmosphere of Mars that it absorbs very little heat from the sun. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- An individual becomes rational only as he absorbs into himself the content of rationality in nature and in social institutions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The decaying vegetable matter which covers the forest floor acts more or less as a sponge, and quickly absorbs falling rain and melting snow. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- An emerald looks green because it freely transmits green, but absorbs the other colors of which ordinary daylight is composed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Any substance or object which reflects none of the rays which fall upon it, but absorbs all, appears black; no rays reach the eye, and there is an absence of any color sensation. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A red carpet absorbs the light rays incident upon it except the red rays, and these it reflects to the eye. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In the finishing room, the pins are put into a revolving or tumbling barrel and are rolled in sawdust, which absorbs all the oil, leaving them clean and bright. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Charcoal is porous and absorbs foul gases, and thus keeps the region surrounding sewers sweet and clean and free of odor. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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