absorbed
deeply interested or involved; preoccupied: He had an absorbed look on his face.
Origin of absorbed
1Other words from absorbed
- ab·sorb·ed·ly [ab-sawr-bid-lee, -zawr-], /æbˈsɔr bɪd li, -ˈzɔr-/, adverb
- ab·sorb·ed·ness, noun
- un·ab·sorbed, adjective
- well-ab·sorbed, adjective
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How to use absorbed in a sentence
Uber absorbed e-bike service JUMP into its app after acquiring it in 2018, proceeded to sideline or lay off much of its staff, and then offloaded it last year.
Uber expands into alcohol delivery with acquisition of Drizly for $1.1 billion | Faiz Siddiqui | February 2, 2021 | Washington PostThe efficiency of this quantum mechanical first stage of photosynthesis is nearly perfect — almost all the absorbed light is converted into electrons the system can use.
Why Are Plants Green? To Reduce the Noise in Photosynthesis. | Rodrigo Pérez Ortega | July 30, 2020 | Quanta MagazineAs digesting food passes through the small intestine, it mixes with chemicals from the liver, and nutrients are absorbed.
‘Rectal Feeding’ Has Nothing to Do with Nutrition, Everything to Do with Torture | Russell Saunders | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn Confessions of an Ivy League Frat Boy, the self-induced, self-absorbed Greek tragedy of Andrew Lohse.
In the book, you say “Absorb youth and you will be absorbed by youth.”
George Clinton on Industry ‘Mobsters’ and How Nobody Wants to Listen to a Crackhead | Curtis Stephen | November 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
She has a hard time getting the self-absorbed, self-loathing D-lister to open up (in between booze binges).
'BoJack Horseman': The Debauched Tales of a Drunken, Groupie-Sexing D-List Horse, Hits Netflix | Marlow Stern | August 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“It is important to know that gluten is not absorbed through the skin,” she wrote in response to my questions.
Celiac or Not, Gluten Free Dish Soap Is Ridiculous | Russell Saunders | July 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterThe occupants of the room had been too absorbed with their own affairs to notice the gradual dimming of the illumination.
The Boarded-Up House | Augusta Huiell SeamanIndol is absorbed and oxidized into indoxyl, which combines with potassium and sulphuric acid and is thus excreted.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddBut her attention was all absorbed by the swiftly executed act by which Garnache had gained at least a temporary advantage.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniBut Lady Hartledon did not hear; or if she heard, did not heed; she was already absorbed in the contents of her letter.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood
British Dictionary definitions for absorbed
/ (əbˈsɔːbd, -ˈzɔːbd) /
engrossed; deeply interested
Derived forms of absorbed
- absorbedly (əbˈsɔːbɪdlɪ, -ˈzɔː-), adverb
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