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🧠 To absorb gradually 💧 To pass through
to osmose

to osmose

9.2
Water moves through a thin layer, like a cell wall, to even amounts on both sides
  • verb
  • /ˈɑːzmoʊz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : osmosear
  • During the experiment, the molecules would osmose from the saltwater solution into the freshwater side.

Examples

  • The process allows substances to osmose through the cell membrane, maintaining balance.

  • Plants osmose water and nutrients through their roots to grow healthy.

  • So via osmosis, this one has gone from my tongue, it's gone down my throat to my feet, up and out to my lips somehow.

Synonyms

to osmote
vsto osmose
  • Specialized
9.9

To pass through a thin barrier that only lets tiny parts through

has identical meaning but uses membrane or diffusion wording rather than semipermeable focus

How Fast

to permeate
24 6.0
to flow
333 1.0
to pass
∞ 1.0
to osmose
  • Specialized
9.2
to seep
82 2.7

Surface Forms

osmose infinitive
osmosed past
osmosed past participle
osmosing present participle
osmoses third person singular

Etymology

Osmose comes from the Greek root osmos meaning 'push' or 'impulse', the same root as osmosis, and the image is of things being 'pushed' through a thin layer. So, to osmose in biology is for water or other substances to pass through a membrane to make concentrations even.