Definitions for absorbed

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absorbed ab·sorbed

Spelling: [ab-sawrbd, -zawrbd]

IPA: /æbˈsɔrbd, -ˈzɔrbd/

Absorbed is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 340 anagrams from letters in absorbed (abbdeors).

Definitions for absorbed

adjective

1. deeply interested or involved; preoccupied:

verb (used with object)

1. to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up:
2. to swallow up the identity or individuality of; incorporate:
3. to involve the full attention of; to engross or engage wholly:
4. to occupy or fill:
5. to take up or receive by chemical or molecular action:
6. to take in without echo, recoil, or reflection:
7. to take in and utilize:
8. to pay for (costs, taxes, etc.):
9. Archaic. to swallow up.

Origin of absorbed

First recorded in 1755-65; absorb + -ed²

Examples for absorbed

He sat for some minutes in silence, and closed his eyes as if absorbed in thought.

No mayonnaise, only butter, which had been absorbed, sponge-style, into the bun.

As digesting food passes through the small intestine, it mixes with chemicals from the liver, and nutrients are absorbed.

They absorbed her atmosphere and after each followed a period of mental asphyxy.

This brilliant video takes a scientific look at the “giant prehistoric sea-monster that absorbed massive amounts of radiation.”

They strolled together up the road past him, absorbed in themselves.

He stood in deep shadow and the girl had been too absorbed in the play to note his coming.

In the book, you say “Absorb youth and you will be absorbed by youth.”

“It is important to know that gluten is not absorbed through the skin,” she wrote in response to my questions.

She was so absorbed in her intense enjoyment that she forgot all about the old Colonel.