Dictionary entries for 'absorbed'

Synonyms

ab·sorb (əb-sôrb́, -zôrb́)

[Middle English, to swallow up, from Old French absorber, from Latin absorbēre, ab-, away; see ab–¹, + sorbēre, to suck.]

transitive verb: -sorbed, -sorb·ing, -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.