osmose
/ˈɑzmoʊz/
verb
- To gradually absorb or be influenced by ideas, feelings, or qualities from the surrounding environment.
- She seemed to osmose the calmness of the yoga studio.
- He osmosed his father's love for jazz music over the years.
- New employees often osmose the company culture without formal training.
- (in biology) To pass or cause to pass through a membrane by osmosis.
- The salt solution osmosed through the cell membrane slowly.
- In the lab, we watched the dye osmose across the semipermeable barrier.
- Water will osmose into the plant roots from the soil.
noun
- The process of gradual absorption or influence, especially of ideas or culture.
- Learning a language often happens through osmose when you live in the country.
- The osmose of new technology into everyday life is happening faster than ever.
- There was a natural osmose of traditions between the two neighboring villages.
- (biology) The movement of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane into a region of higher solute concentration, equalizing concentrations on both sides.
- The experiment demonstrated osmose using a potato and salt water.
- Red blood cells can burst if too much water enters by osmose.
- Osmose is essential for water uptake in plant roots.