Meaning & use
absorb
To take in or soak up a substance, or to take in information, ideas, or impressions gradually.
See it in a sentence
The dry soil quickly absorbed the light rain that fell overnight.
It took her weeks to absorb everything she had learned during the training.
A note on using this word
Absorb is also used to mean 'completely occupy someone's attention', as in 'absorbed in a book'.
Words with a similar meaning
soak upassimilate
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Words with an opposite meaning
releaseemit
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