verb 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. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
verb To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
verb To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
verb To be absorbed, or sucked in; to sink in.
The drops of water slowly absorbed into the dry sponge.
verb To take in energy and convert it.
Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.
verb in receiving a physical impact or vibration without recoil.
verb in receiving sound energy without repercussion or echo.
verb taking in radiant energy and converting it to a different form of energy, like heat.