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   Ab·sorb

   /əbˈzôrb/

   

   verb

   • 1. take in or soak up (energy or a liquid or other substance) by chemical or physical action: "buildings can be designed to absorb and retain heat" Similar soak upsuck updraw up/intake up/inblot upmop upsponge upsop upOpposite exudegive out
   • ▪ take in and understand fully (information, ideas, or experience): "she absorbed the information in silence" Similar assimilatedigestingesttake inimbibedrink infamiliarize oneself withcomprehendgrasplearnunderstandmaster
   • ▪ take control of (a smaller or less powerful entity) and make it a part of a larger one: "the family firm was absorbed into a larger group" Similar incorporateassimilateintegrateappropriatetake insubsumeincludeco-optswallow up
   • ▪ use or take up (time or resources): "arms spending absorbs roughly two percent of the national income" Similar use (up)consumetake upoccupywastesquandergo throughdepletedrainexhaustswallow up
   • ▪ take up and reduce the effect or intensity of (sound or an impact): "deep-pile carpets absorbed all sound of the outside world" Similar deadensoftencushionreducedecreaselessensoak upOpposite reflectincrease
   • 2. take up the attention of (someone); interest greatly: "she sat in an armchair, absorbed in a book" Similar preoccupyengrosscaptivateoccupyengagerivetgripholdinterestintrigueimmerseinvolveenthrallspellbindfascinatearrestmonopolizedistractdivertentertainamuse

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin absorbere, from ab- ‘from’ + sorbere ‘suck in’.

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   Synonyms for ABSORB: drink, swallow, sip, imbibe, soak (up), sponge, take up, suck (up); Antonyms of ABSORB: bore, weary, pall, tire, jade, increase, replace, renew.

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   Synonyms for ABSORB: imbibe, soak up, suck up, sop up, take up, digest, assimilate, blot, ingest, consume; Antonyms for ABSORB: eject, expel, vomit, exude, emit, discharge, spew, disperse, dissipate, distract.

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    definition | Conjugator | in Spanish | in French | in context | images. absorb. WordReference English Thesaurus © 2024. Sense: Verb: soak up. Synonyms: soak up, suck up, suck in, take in, take up, drink in, drink up, draw up, draw in, imbibe. Antonyms: expel, discharge, eject, leak, ring out. Sense: Verb: integrate.

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    Synonyms for ABSORBED: immersed, focused, interested, engrossed, enthralled, focussed, engaged, attentive; Antonyms of ABSORBED: absent, distracted, unabsorbed, abstracted, inattentive, unfocused, oblivious, lost.