1. [verb] To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
2. [verb] To incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind.
3. [verb] To absorb a group of people into a community.
4. [verb] To compare a thing to something similar.
5. [verb] To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
6. [verb] Take up mentally; 'he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe'.
7. [verb] Become similar to one's environment; 'Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly'.
8. [verb] Make similar; 'This country assimilates immigrants very quickly'.
9. [verb] Take (gas, light or heat) into a solution.
10. [verb] Become similar in sound; 'The nasal assimilates to the following consonant'.
