absorbed

1. 1
   adjective

   Giving all your attention to something, so you don't notice anything else.

   Like being so deep in a game that you forget to eat.

   He was so absorbed in his video game that he forgot to eat lunch.

   The children seemed completely absorbed by the new puzzle.

   Similarengrossed, immersed, rapt, preoccupied, captivated

   Oppositebored, distracted, uninterested

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2. 2
   adjective

   Soaked up or taken in by something else.

   Like water that has soaked into a paper towel.

   The absorbed water spread slowly through the dry cloth.

   Plants turn the absorbed sunlight into food.

3. 3
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of absorb. Use this form for something that already took something in.

   The towel absorbed all the spilled milk.

   The thick curtains absorbed the noise from the street.

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