sorbed

An obsolete adjective meaning absorbed or engrossed in something; no longer used in modern English.

• 🇪🇸Adjetivo obsoleto que significa absorbido o absorto en algo; ya no se usa en inglés moderno.

1. Taken into and retained C2 formal scientific

   Describes a substance that has been absorbed or adsorbed by another material.

   • The gas was sorbed by the activated charcoal filter.
   • In the experiment, the liquid was sorbed into the porous rock.
   • The sorbed contaminants were analyzed in the laboratory.

   🇪🇸sorbido/sorbida (absorbido o adsorbido)

   Sinónimos: absorbed

An obsolete verb meaning to drink, suck in, or absorb; also used figuratively to mean to imbibe or take in knowledge.

• 🇪🇸Verbo obsoleto que significa beber, sorber o absorber; también se usa en sentido figurado para denotar la asimilación o internalización de conocimientos.

1. Absorb or adsorb C1 formal scientific

   To take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption.

   • The material can sorb moisture from the air.
   • Activated charcoal is used to sorb toxins in the body.
   • The sponge sorbs water quickly.

   🇪🇸Sorber (absorber o adsorber)

   Sinónimos: absorbadsorbimbibesoak upsuck uptake up

   Antónimos: desorbemitexuderelease

• sorbed past participle
• sorbed past simple
• sorbing present participle
• sorbs third person singular