Absorb ( page 9 ).
Questions.
1. When is a fluid said to be absorbed? 2. Is the substance of the absorbing body changed by that which it absorbs? Give instances. 3. How does consume differ from absorb? 4. Give instances of the distinctive uses of engross, swallow, imbibe, and absorb in the figurative sense. 5. What is the difference between absorb and emit? absorb and radiate?
Examples.
Tho the fuel was rapidly —— within the furnace, very little heat was —— from the outer surface.
In setting steel rails special provision must be made for their expansion under the influence of the heat that they ——.
Jip stood on the table and barked at Traddles so persistently that he may be said to have —— the conversation.