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Absorbing
is always a great word to know.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up: A sponge absorbs water.
2.
to swallow up the identity or individuality of; incorporate: The empire absorbed many small nations.
3.
to involve the full attention of; to engross or engage wholly: so absorbed in a book that he did not hear the bell.
4.
to occupy or fill: This job absorbs all of my time.
5.
EXPANDto take up or receive by chemical or molecular action: Carbonic acid is formed when water absorbs carbon dioxide.
6.
to take in without echo, recoil, or reflection: to absorb sound and light; to absorb shock.
7.
to take in and utilize: The market absorbed all the computers we could build. Can your brain absorb all this information?
8.
to pay for (costs, taxes, etc.): The company will absorb all the research costs.
9.
COLLAPSEArchaic. to swallow up.
Related forms
ab·sorb·a·ble, adjective
ab·sorb·a·bil·i·ty, noun
non·ab·sorb·a·bil·i·ty, noun
non·ab·sorb·a·ble, adjective
o·ver·ab·sorb, verb (used with object)
EXPANDSynonyms
2. assimilate, consume, devour, engulf; destroy.
2. assimilate, consume, devour, engulf; destroy.
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Word Origin & History
absorb
late 15c., from M.Fr. absorber (O.Fr. assorbir), from L. absorbere "to swallow up," from ab- "from" + sorbere "suck in," from PIE base *srebh- "to suck, absorb" (cf. Armenian arbi "I drank," Gk. rhopheo "to sup greedily up, gulp down," Lith. srebiu "to drink greedily"). Figurative meaning "to completely
EXPANDgrip (one's) attention" is from 1753.
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Medical Dictionary
absorb ab·sorb (əb-sôrb', -zôrb')
v. ab·sorbed, ab·sorb·ing, ab·sorbs
To take in by absorption.
To reduce the intensity of transmitted light.
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