[ab-sawrb, -zawrb] 
| 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. | to 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. | Archaic. to swallow up. |
absorb
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.
