ALL meanings of absorbing
ab·sorb·ing
A a - adjective absorbing An absorbing task or activity interests you a great deal and takes up all your attention and energy. 3
- adjective absorbing occupying one's interest or attention; engrossing; gripping 3
- adjective absorbing very interesting; engrossing 3
- adjective absorbing interesting, engrossing 1
- noun absorbing Intensely interesting; engrossing. 1
- adjective absorbing extremely interesting; deeply engrossing: an absorbing drama. 1
- verb with object absorbing to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up: A sponge absorbs water. 1
- verb with object absorbing to swallow up the identity or individuality of; incorporate: The empire absorbed many small nations. 1
- verb with object absorbing 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 absorbing to occupy or fill: This job absorbs all of my time. 1
- verb with object absorbing to take up or receive by chemical or molecular action: Carbonic acid is formed when water absorbs carbon dioxide. 1
- verb with object absorbing to take in without echo, recoil, or reflection: to absorb sound and light; to absorb shock. 1
- verb with object absorbing 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 absorbing to pay for (costs, taxes, etc.): The company will absorb all the research costs. 1
- verb with object absorbing Archaic. to swallow up. 1
- verb absorbing present participle of absorb. 0
- adjective absorbing Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest. 0
- adjective absorbing (statistics, of a state) Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it. 0