OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 931

absorb

/əbˈzɔːb/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
absorber
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.
Dark oblivion soon absorbs them all.
In some countries, the large cities absorb the wealth and fashion of the nation; they are the only fixed abodes of elegant and intelligent society, and the country is inhabited alm…
absorber
To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
absorber
To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully.
Geeka was cooking dinner. As the little girl played she prattled continuously to her companion, propped in a sitting position with a couple of twigs. She was totally absorbed in th…
Livonian affairs held him tight, and were to absorb him for many a year.
absorber
To occupy or consume time.