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Showing words for ABSORBED using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Absorbed

absorbed

7 Letter Words for Absorbed

dabbers, dobbers, earbobs

6 Letter Words for Absorbed

abodes, abords, absorb, adobes, adores, adsorb, ardebs, barbed, barbes, bardes, bardos, beards, berobs, boards, bordes, boread, boreas, breads, broads, dabber, debars, desorb, dobber, dobras, earbob, oreads, rebosa, robbed, sabbed, sarode, serdab, soared, sobbed, sobber, sorbed

5 Letter Words for Absorbed

abbes, abode, abord, abore, adobe, adore, ardeb, arose, arsed, babes, barbe, barbs, barde, bardo, bards, bared, bares, barse, based, baser, beads, beard, bears, bebar, berob, besra, board, boars, bobas, boder, bodes, boers, boras, borde, bords, bored, bores, boser, brads, braes, bread, breba, broad, brods, brose, darbs, dares, dears, debar, doabs, dobra, doers, dorab, dorsa, dorse, doser, drabs, eards, oared, orbed, oread, reads, rebab, rebob, redos, resod, roads, robed, robes, rodes, rosed, sabed, saber, sared, sarod, seora, serab, soare, sober, sorda, sored

4 Letter Words for Absorbed

abbe, abbr, abbs, abed, abor, abos, ador, ados, aero, arbs, ards, ared, ares, asor, babe, bade, bads, barb, bard, bare, bars, base, bead, bear, beds, besa, boar, boas, boba, bobs, bode, bods, boer, bora, bord, bore, bors, bose, brab, brad, brae, bras, bred, brob, brod, bros, dabb, dabs, daer, daes, darb, dare, dase, dear, deas, debs, dero, doab, dobe, dobs, doer, does, dora, dore, dors, dosa, dose, drab, eard, ears, ebbs, ebro, eras, eros, oars, obas, obes, odas, odea, oder, odes, orad, orae, oras, orbs, ords, ored, ores, osar, rade, rads, raob, read, rebs, redo, reds, road, robe, robs, rode, rods, roed, roes, rosa, rose, sabe, sade, sado, sadr, sard, sare, sear, seor, serb, sero, soar, soba, soda, sora, sorb, sord, sore

3 Letter Words for Absorbed

abb, abd, abo, abr, abs, ade, ado, ads, aer, aes, aob, aor, arb, ard, are, ars, asb, ase, bab, bad, bae, bar, bas, bbs, bde, bds, bed, ber, bes, boa, bob, bod, boe, bor, bos, bra, bro, dab, dae, dao, dar, das, dea, deb, der, des, doa, dob, doe, dor, dos, dso, dsr, ead, ear, eas, ebb, ebs, edo, eds, eos, era, erd, ers, esd, esr, oad, oar, oas, oba, obb, obe, obs, oda, ode, ods, oer, oes, ora, orb, ord, ore, ors, ose, rab, rad, ras, rea, reb, red, res, rob, rod, roe, ros, sab, sad, sao, sar, sbe, sea, sed, ser, sob, sod

Definitions for Absorbed

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

preoccupied, involved, engaged, engrossed, fascinated, gone, immersed, fixed, lost, held, intent, rapt

Words nearby Absorbed

absonant, absorb, absorbable gelatin film, absorbable suture, absorbance, absorbed, absorbed dose, absorbefacient, absorbent, absorbent cotton, absorbent vessel

Origin of Absorbed

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

Words that may be confused with Absorbed

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, absorbabsorb, adsorb

Other words from Absorbed

ab·sorb·ed·ly [ab-sawr -bid-lee, -zawr -] /æbˈsɔr bɪd li, -ˈzɔr-/ , adverb
ab·sorb·ed·ness , noun
un·ab·sorbed , adjective
well-ab·sorbed , adjective
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 Absorbed

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

Synonyms for Absorbed

captivated, consumed, engaged, engrossed, fascinated, involved, preoccupied, fixed, gone, held, immersed, lost, deep in thought, head over heels, intent, rapt, really into, up to here, wrapped up