REFRACTS Antonyms
Best Opposite Words For REFRACTS
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absorbs | verbv | |||||||
verb • become imbued • take up mentally • take up, as of debts or payments • take in, also metaphorically • cause to become one with • suck or take up or in • devote (oneself) fully to • assimilate or take in • consume all of one's attention or time | ||||||||
accepts | verbv | |||||||
verb • consider or hold as true • receive willingly something given or offered • give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to • react favorably to; consider right and proper • admit into a group or community • take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person • tolerate or accommodate oneself to • be designed to hold or take • receive (a report) officially, as from a committee • make use of or accept for some purpose • be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal | ||||||||
admits | verbv | |||||||
verb • declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of • allow to enter; grant entry to • allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of • admit into a group or community • afford possibility • give access or entrance to • have room for; hold without crowding • serve as a means of entrance | ||||||||
allows | verbv | |||||||
verb • make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen • consent to, give permission; permit • let have • give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause • make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain • allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something • afford possibility • allow the other (baseball) team to score • grant as a discount or in exchange • allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting | ||||||||
assimilates | verbv | |||||||
verb • take up mentally • become similar to one's environment • make similar • take (gas, light or heat) into a solution • become similar in sound | ||||||||
engulfs | verbv | |||||||
verb • devote (oneself) fully to • flow over or cover completely | ||||||||
swallows | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a small amount of liquid food • the act of swallowing • small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations verb • pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking • engulf and destroy • enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing • utter unclearly • take back what one has said • keep from expressing • tolerate or accommodate oneself to • believe or accept without questioning or challenge | ||||||||
takes | verbv | |||||||
noun • the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property • the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption verb • carry out • require (time or space) • take somebody somewhere • get into one's hands, take physically • take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect • interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression • take something or somebody with oneself somewhere • take into one's possession • travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route • pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives • receive willingly something given or offered • assume, as of positions or roles • take into consideration for exemplifying purposes • require as useful, just, or proper • experience or feel or submit to • make a film or photograph of something • remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract • serve oneself to, or consume regularly • accept or undergo, often unwillingly • make use of or accept for some purpose • conquer by force • occupy or take on • admit into a group or community • ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial • be a student of a certain subject • take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs • head into a specified direction • point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards • be seized or affected in a specified way • have with oneself; have on one's person • engage for service under a term of contract • receive or obtain regularly • buy, select • to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort • have sex with; archaic use • lay claim to; as of an idea • be designed to hold or take • be capable of holding or containing • develop a habit • proceed along in a vehicle • obtain by winning • be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness |