absorbing
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/əbˈsɔː.bɪŋ/
English
Definitions
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“Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.”
adjective
- Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest.“An absorbing pursuit.”
- (of a state) Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.
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Synonyms
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