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Definitions for Absorb

[1] to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up: A sponge absorbs water.
[2] to swallow up the identity or individuality of; incorporate: The empire absorbed many small nations.
[3] to involve the full attention of; to engross or engage wholly: so absorbed in a book that he did not hear the bell.
[4] to occupy or fill: This job absorbs all of my time.
[5] to take up or receive by chemical or molecular action: Carbonic acid is formed when water absorbs carbon dioxide.
[6] to take in without echo, recoil, or reflection: to absorb sound and light; to absorb shock.
[7] to take in and utilize: The market absorbed all the computers we could build. Can your brain absorb all this information?
[8] to pay for (costs, taxes, etc.): The company will absorb all the research costs.
[9] Archaic . to swallow up.
[10] to soak or suck up (liquids)
[11] to engage or occupy (the interest, attention, or time) of (someone); engross
[12] to receive or take in (the energy of an impact)
[13] physics to take in (all or part of incident radiated energy) and retain the part that is not reflected or transmitted
[14] to take in or assimilate; incorporate
[15] to accept and find a market for (goods, etc)
[16] to pay for as part of a commercial transaction the distributor absorbed the cost of transport
[17] chem to cause to undergo a process in which one substance, usually a liquid or gas, permeates into or is dissolved by a liquid or solid porous solids absorb water ; hydrochloric acid absorbs carbon dioxide Compare adsorb

Words related to Absorb

swallow, consume, ingest, incorporate, get, assimilate, learn, understand, follow, employ, involve, imbibe, blot, ingurgitate, devour, grasp, sense, digest, comprehend, obsess

Words nearby Absorb

absolutive, absolutize, absolutory, absolve, absonant, absorb, absorbable gelatin film, absorbable suture, absorbance, absorbed, absorbed dose

Origin of Absorb

1480–90; < Latin absorbēre, equivalent to ab- ab- + sorbēre to suck in, swallow

Words that may be confused with Absorb

absorb, adsorb

Other words from Absorb

ab·sorb·a·ble , adjective
ab·sorb·a·bil·i·ty , noun
non·ab·sorb·a·bil·i·ty , noun
non·ab·sorb·a·ble , adjective
o·ver·ab·sorb , verb (used with object)
pre·ab·sorb , verb
re·ab·sorb , verb (used with object)
un·ab·sorb·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Absorb

C15: via Old French from Latin absorbēre to suck, swallow, from ab- 1 + sorbēre to suck

Synonyms for Absorb

consume, ingest, swallow, take in, blot, devour, imbibe, ingurgitate, drink in, osmose, soak up, sop up, sponge up, suck in