How to Pronounce "Absorb"

verb (used with object)
to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up:
A sponge absorbs water.

to swallow up the identity or individuality of; incorporate:
The empire absorbed many small nations.

to involve the full attention of; to engross or engage wholly:
so absorbed in a book that he did not hear the bell.

to occupy or fill:
This job absorbs all of my time.

to take up or receive by chemical or molecular action:
Carbonic acid is formed when water absorbs carbon dioxide.

to take in without echo, recoil, or reflection:
to absorb sound and light; to absorb shock.

to take in and utilize:
The market absorbed all the computers we could build. Can your brain absorb all this information?

to pay for (costs, taxes, etc.):
The company will absorb all the research costs.

Archaic. to swallow up.