absorbing

Meaning

1. Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest.
2. Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.

absorption

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/əbˈzɔː.bɪŋ/

From absorb + -ing.

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absorb

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.
(obsolete) To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
To be absorbed, or sucked in; to sink in.
To take in energy and convert it.
To take in energy and convert it.
To take in energy and convert it.
To take in energy and convert it.
To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully.
To occupy or consume time.
To assimilate mentally.
To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
To defray the costs.
To accept or purchase in quantity.

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