in receiving a physical impact or vibration without recoil.
in receiving sound energy without repercussion or echo.
taking in radiant energy and converting it to a different form of energy, like heat.
To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully.
To take in energy and convert it, as
To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
To occupy or consume time.
To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
Assimilate mentally.
To accept or purchase in quantity.
To be absorbed, or sucked in; to sink in.
To defray the costs.
To eject or suddenly throw fluid or some other substance from a duct or other body structure.
To say abruptly.
Of a human being or other mammal: to forcibly eject from the urethra in response to sexual stimulation, in a male, semen; and, in a female, vaginal fluid.
To eject abruptly; to throw out suddenly and swiftly.
To sexually stimulate (someone) so that they eject fluid from the urethra.
Fluid or some other substance ejected or suddenly thrown from a duct or other body structure; specifically, semen or vaginal fluid ejected by a human being or other mammal during an ejaculation.