adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of absorb form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed.

   "fully absorbed"

2. 2
   That has been taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated.

Adjective

1. 1
   giving or marked by complete attention to wordnet
2. 2
   retained without reflection wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

engrossedabsentabsent-mindedabsentmindedabsorbed inabstracted

Example

More examples

"The car bumper absorbed some of the impact."

Etymology

From absorb + -ed.

Related phrases

absorbed doseself-absorbed

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