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Meaning of absorbing in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

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absorbing

/əbˈsɔː.bɪŋ/

Phonetics

/əbˈsɔː.bɪŋ/

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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.

  • To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.

  • To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.

  • To take in energy and convert it, as

    Example: Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.
  • To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully

  • To occupy or consume time.

  • Assimilate mentally.

  • To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.

  • To defray the costs.

  • To accept or purchase in quantity.


adjective

  • Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest.

    Example: An absorbing pursuit.
  • (of a state) Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.