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

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.

To take up or receive by chemical or molecular action. Acid A material with pH of less than 7.0.

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

To retain (sunlight or sound, for example) wholly, without reflection or transmission. To transfer energy from light to matter. Photons can be absorbed by electrons in matter then emitted as visible light photons (this is reflection) or re-radiated as infrared photons (heat). A photon has energy and momentum, but no rest mass. If a photon comes to rest by being absorbed, it ceases to exist. Its energy has been converted to some other form of energy. When an object absorbs all light, we see black. When sunlight is absorbed by the ground, it feels warm. When light energy is absorbed by an object, the object might feel warmer because light energy is transformed to heat energy. See transform.

engross (oneself) fully; "He immersed himself into his studies"

To soak up. The incorporation of a liquid into a solid substance, as by capillary, osmotic, solvent, or chemical action.

become imbued; "The liquids, light, and gases absorb"

The penetration of a solid substance by a liquid as by capillary, osmotic, solvent or chemical action.  Chemicals are readily absorbed into the human blood stream through the eyes or cuts in the skin.

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

To swallow up or suck in, like wood absorbing a finishing material.

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ERugs absorb sound.EI was absorbed in reading a book.

The process by which nutrients are taken into the bloodstream from the body's intestinal tract after food digestion.

adhere along appeal assess

To combine a particle with an atom, a nucleus, or another particle.

cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"