adsorb

The definition of absorb is to fully take in something or someone.

(verb)

A paper towel cleaning up a spill is an example of absorb.
A person so interested in a conversation they don't notice their phone ringing is an example of absorb.

See adsorb in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to collect (a gas, liquid, or dissolved substance) in condensed form on a surface

Origin: < ad- + L sorbere: see absorb

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See adsorb in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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

To take up by adsorption.

Origin:

Origin: ad-

Origin: + Latin sorbēre, to suck

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