absorb

Absorb means to soak up.

(verb)

An example of absorb is when a towel takes in water from your body after a bath.

Absorb is defined as to take in something and make it part of a larger unit.

(verb)

An example of absorb is a big company that takes over a smaller one.

The definition of absorb means to completely have someone’s attention.

(verb)

An example of absorb is to be thoroughly engaged in a hobby and lose track of time.

See absorb in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

Origin: L absorbere < ab-, from + sorbere, to suck in: see slurp

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See absorb in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb ab·sorbed, ab·sorb·ing, ab·sorbs

To take (something) in through or as through pores or interstices.
To occupy the full attention, interest, or time of; engross. See Synonyms at monopolize.
To retain (radiation or sound, for example) wholly, without reflection or transmission.
To take in; assimilate: immigrants who were absorbed into the social mainstream.
To learn; acquire: “Matisse absorbed the lesson and added to it a new language of color” (Peter Plagen).
To receive (an impulse) without echo or recoil: a fabric that absorbs sound; a bumper that absorbs impact.
To assume or pay for (a cost or costs).
To endure; accommodate: couldn't absorb the additional hardships.
To use up; consume: The project has absorbed all of our department's resources.