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absorbs

verb

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
  3. To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
  4. To take in energy and convert it, as
  5. To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully
  6. To occupy or consume time.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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