absorb vs red-eye

absorb

verb
  • To occupy or consume time. 

  • 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 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. 

  • in receiving a physical impact or vibration without recoil. 

red-eye

verb
  • Often followed by it: to travel on a red-eye (“an overnight airplane flight”). 

noun
  • Either of two subspecies of the copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), a venomous pit viper native to the United States: either the broad-banded copperhead or Texas copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus), or the highland moccasin or northern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen). 

  • The redeye tetra (Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae), a freshwater fish, commonly kept in aquariums, native to South America. 

  • The red-eyed vireo (Vireo olivaceus), a small American songbird. 

  • Redness in the eye(s) of someone in a colour photograph, as an unwanted consequence of light from a flash reflecting off blood vessels in the retina. 

  • Any of various sunfishes of the family Centrarchidae, especially the redeye bass (Micropterus coosae). 

  • A drink made by adding a shot of espresso to a cup of coffee. 

  • An overnight airplane flight. 

  • A strong but poor-quality whiskey. 

  • The red-eyed treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas), which is native to neotropical rainforests. 

  • Redness of the conjunctiva; especially when caused by conjunctivitis (pink-eye). 

  • The common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus), a freshwater fish. 

  • A species of cicada, Psaltoda moerens, native to eastern Australia. 

  • Any of various round herrings of the genus Etrumeus. 

  • Any of various grass-skippers or hesperiid butterflies of the genus Matapa. 

  • A drink consisting of beer with tomato juice. 

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