absorbs

verb

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.

2. 2

   To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.

3. 3

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

4. 4

   To take in energy and convert it, as

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

5. 5

   To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully

6. 6

   To occupy or consume time.

7. 7

   Assimilate mentally.

8. 8

   To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.

9. 9

   To defray the costs.

10. 10

    To accept or purchase in quantity.