ABSORBS

Scrabble

WWF

A(1) B(3) S(1) O(1) R(1) B(3) S(1)

NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓

Definition

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.
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 take in energy and convert it, as
“Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.”
To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully