Meaning of engrossing in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

• To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.

• To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).

• To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.

• To completely engage the attention of.

  Example: She seems to be completely engrossed in that book.

• To thicken; to condense.

• To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.

• To amass.

noun

• The act of one who engrosses, or buys up wholesale.

adjective

• Utterly consuming one's time and attention.

  Example: an engrossing documentary