absorb

Verb

Meaning

To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.

To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth.

To take up by cohesive, chemical, or any molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases. So heat, light, and electricity are absorbed or taken up in the substances into which they pass.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

assimilate immerse engulf imbibe suck up soak up engross draw engage incorporate occupy steep suck ingest sop up
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Antonyms

emit miss pierce herald jade harrow
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Hypernyms

rivet center centre interest sorb receive

Hyponyms

rivet involve drink consume assimilate blot

Phrases with the word

to absorb absorb knowledge absorb liquid duster absorb in increments absorb the attention absorb water

Derivatives

absorbed absorbing

Examples

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. Aristotle

Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress. Alan Perlis

It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate. Dave Barry

The very concept of history implies the scholar and the reader. Without a generation of civilized people to study history, to preserve its records, to absorb its lessons and relate them to its own problems, history, too, would lose its meaning. George F. Kennan

One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its details. Details are always vulgar. Oscar Wilde

Unless a serpent devour a serpent it will not become a dragon. Unless one power absorb another, it will not become great. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Abson absonant absonous absorb in increments absorb knowledge absorb liquid duster