absorb

present (v1)

absorb

past (v2)

absorbed

past participle (v3)

absorbed

present participle

absorbing

3rd person singular

absorbs

1. 1.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.
   • Wages absorbed 80% of the total revenue (which was inescapable), and they were rising at almost twice the rate of fares, which were pegged by law.
   • As a microbullet impacts the graphene, the diameter of the cone it creates – determined by later examination of the petals – provides a way to measure how much energy the graphene absorbs before breaking.

2. 2.To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.

   • Trees give off oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide.

3. 3.To take in energy and convert it.

   • Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.

4. 4.To be absorbed, or sucked in; to sink in.

   • The drops of water slowly absorbed into the dry sponge.

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