|more than enough| |to shorten by omissions while retaining the
basic contents:| |absorb (əbˈsɔːb, -ˈzɔːb)| |1.||to soak or suck
up (liquids)| |2.||to engage or occupy (the interest, attention,
or time) of (someone); engross| |3.||to receive or take in (the
energy of an impact)| |4.||physics to take in (all or part of
incident radiated energy) and retain the part that is not
reflected or transmitted| |5.||to take in or assimilate;
incorporate| |6.||to accept and find a market for (goods, etc)|
|7.||to pay for as part of a commercial transaction: the
distributor absorbed the cost of transport| |8.||chem Compare
adsorb to cause to undergo a process in which one substance,
usually a liquid or gas, permeates into or is dissolved by a
liquid or solid: porous solids absorb water; hydrochloric acid
absorbs carbon dioxide| |[C15: via Old French from Latin
absorbēre to suck, swallow, from | absorb ab·sorb (əb-sôrb',
-zôrb') v. ab·sorbed, ab·sorb·ing, ab·sorbs To take in by
absorption. To reduce the intensity of transm