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ALL meanings of absorb

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  • verb absorb If something absorbs a liquid, gas, or other substance, it soaks it up or takes it in. 3
  • verb absorb If something absorbs light, heat, or another form of energy, it takes it in. 3
  • verb absorb If a group is absorbed into a larger group, it becomes part of the larger group. 3
  • verb absorb If something absorbs a force or shock, it reduces its effect. 3
  • verb absorb If a system or society absorbs changes, effects, or costs, it is able to deal with them. 3
  • verb absorb If something absorbs something valuable such as money, space, or time, it uses up a great deal of it. 3
  • verb absorb If you absorb information, you learn and understand it. 3
  • verb absorb If something absorbs you, it interests you a great deal and takes up all your attention and energy. 3
  • verb absorb to soak or suck up (liquids) 3
  • verb absorb to engage or occupy (the interest, attention, or time) of (someone); engross 3
  • verb absorb to receive or take in (the energy of an impact) 3
  • verb absorb to take in (all or part of incident radiated energy) and retain the part that is not reflected or transmitted 3
  • verb absorb to take in or assimilate; incorporate 3
  • verb absorb to accept and find a market for (goods, etc) 3
  • verb absorb to pay for as part of a commercial transaction 3
  • verb absorb to cause to undergo a process in which one substance, usually a liquid or gas, permeates into or is dissolved by a liquid or solid 3
  • verb transitive absorb to suck up 3
  • verb transitive absorb to take up the full attention or energy of; engross 3
  • verb transitive absorb to take in and incorporate; assimilate 3
  • verb transitive absorb to assume the burden of (costs or expenses) 3
  • verb transitive absorb to take in (a shock or jolt) with little or no recoil or reaction 3
  • verb transitive absorb to take in and not reflect (light, sound, etc.) 3
  • transitive verb absorb liquid 1
  • transitive verb absorb ideas 1
  • transitive verb absorb sound: take in without echo 1
  • abbreviation ABSORB assimilate 1
  • transitive verb absorb impact: soften 1
  • transitive verb absorb consume 1
  • transitive verb absorb information, experience: take in 1
  • transitive verb absorb pay for 1
  • transitive verb absorb interest 1
  • verb with object absorb to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up: A sponge absorbs water. 1
  • verb with object absorb to swallow up the identity or individuality of; incorporate: The empire absorbed many small nations. 1
  • verb with object absorb to involve the full attention of; to engross or engage wholly: so absorbed in a book that he did not hear the bell. 1
  • verb with object absorb to occupy or fill: This job absorbs all of my time. 1
  • verb with object absorb to take up or receive by chemical or molecular action: Carbonic acid is formed when water absorbs carbon dioxide. 1
  • verb with object absorb to take in without echo, recoil, or reflection: to absorb sound and light; to absorb shock. 1
  • verb with object absorb to take in and utilize: The market absorbed all the computers we could build. Can your brain absorb all this information? 1
  • verb with object absorb to pay for (costs, taxes, etc.): The company will absorb all the research costs. 1
  • verb with object absorb Archaic. to swallow up. 1
  • noun absorb Take in or soak up (energy, or a liquid or other substance) by chemical or physical action, typically gradually. 1
  • verb absorb (Transitive Verb) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. 0
  • verb absorb (Transitive Verb) OBS To engulf, as in water; to swallow up. 0
  • verb absorb (Transitive Verb) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in. 0
  • verb absorb (Transitive Verb) (physics, chemistry) To take in energy and convert it, as. 0
  • verb absorb (Transitive Verb) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or in the pursuit of wealth. 0
  • verb absorb (Transitive Verb) To occupy or consume time. 0
  • verb absorb (Transitive Verb) Assimilate mentally. 0
  • verb absorb (Transitive Verb) (business) To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction. 0
  • verb absorb (Transitive Verb) To defray the costs. 0
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