verbbriathar1soak uptransitiveaistreachionsúighverbcmusúighverbcmusúigh isteachcmu2take into bloodstreamtransitiveaistreachtóg isteachcmuionsúighverbcmuglac isteachcmuit's easily absorbed into the bloodglactar isteach san fhuil go héasca é3take in (information, atmosphere)transitiveaistreachshe absorbed every detail of the articleshúigh sí isteach gach gné den altwe sat there and absorbed the atmosphereshuíomar ansin ag sú isteach an atmaisféir4be influenced by (belief etc)transitiveaistreachsúigh isteachcmutóg isteachcmuslogverbcmuchildren absorb the opinions of their parentssúnn leanaí isteach tuairimí a gcuid tuismitheoirí, tugann leanaí leo tuairimí a gcuid tuismitheoirí, slogann páistí tuairimí a gcuid tuismitheoirí5grasp newstransitiveaistreachtóg isteachcmutuigverbcmuit took her a while to absorb the newsthóg sé tamall uirthi an nuacht a thuiscint6engage interesttransitiveaistreachto be absorbed in a bookbheith sáite i leabhar7make part of larger entitytransitiveaistreachslogverbcmutóg isteachcmuthe country was absorbed into the Soviet Unionrinneadh cuid den Aontas Sóivéadach den tír, slogadh an tír isteach san Aontas Sóivéadach8take in (people)transitiveaistreachtóg isteachcmuglacverbcmuthe country has absorbed many immigrantstá go leor inimirceach tógtha isteach ag an tír9take in (light, energy etc)transitiveaistreachsúigh isteachcmuionsúighverbcmutóg isteachcmublack clothing absorbs heatsúnn éadach dubh an teas isteach10take (impact)transitiveaistreachmaolaighverbcmuto absorb a blowbuille a mhaolúthey're supposed to absorb the impacttá siad in ainm a bheith ábalta an tuairt a mhaolú